Almost 40 years after its construction, the effect is checked to see visitors trying to decipher How is the interior of those homes that are vertiginous and that are also an analogy of a forest: all interconnect and are built under an abstract optics of a tree. “Don't take you to think about a room. That the relevance of the house as a room is simply recognized anymore, ”said its creator.
The famous Rotterdam cube houses follow the experimental principle of Kubuswoningena previous project of Six cubic spaces that Blom created in the city of Helmondbut that did not have the impact that his idea achieved in Rotterdam. This is a city whose architectural identity is dotted with styles and names such as Rem Koolhaus, Winy Maas or the MVRDV firm. The idea of a fully functional urban forest came to life in the form of homes with an area of 100 square meters and 400 cubic meters of volume.
The cube houses were built between 1982 and 1984. In the model the tower known as the pencil, which is part of Blom's proposal to renew Rotterdam, can be seen.Isaac Garrido
Take advantage of every corner: the interior of the hub houses
The 38 cube houses that make up the complex and that reach Sell on an average of 380 thousand eurosthey are inhabited. The two largest operate as hostels, with about twenty beds; while another of these supercubos is an arts center. Each of the houses was designed as a tree built on a hexagonal trunk with a three -story interior, where a mantra echoes in the country of Van Gogh: Take advantage, literally, every corner to the fullest.
Three euros is the cost to verify THE POWER OF DESIGN in such a specific space. On its first level, the Cube house houses a small room, in one of its corners there is a kitchen with cabinets with space even for dishwasher. In another corner a small desk is located in a corner, which functions as a study. The intermediate floor is the most surprisingbecause on its surface there are two beds and a bathroom.