Back to your cube, Piet
The kubuswoning — cube houses — of Rotterdam make for a startling discovery amid Google Earth’s satellite sightseeing. They were the work, in the early ’80s, of architect Piet Blom (1934-1999), who also built a cluster in Helmond in the previous decade. MC Escher had nothing to do with them, nor Dali.
The tradional cube shape of a house is tilted 45 degrees and perched atop a hexagon-shaped pylon.
Another source refers to them as paalhuizen, which means “pole-houses”, and lived-in houses are what they are. All 32 kubuswoning in Rotterdam are occupied. One clever owner found a way to fend off the curiousity seekers, by designating a furnished “show cube” for tourists. See the rest.
