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Cube houses in Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Cube houses

1978-1984 · Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

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Cube housesCube houses

1978-1984 · Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Arne JacobsenArne Jacobsen

1927-1971 · Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1978-19841927-1971
PlaceRotterdam, South Holland, NetherlandsCopenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Place contextRotterdam, South Holland, NetherlandsRepresentative site: Gentofte Municipality, Gentofte Municipality, Denmark
Climate8°C · 14.3h daylight · 14 km/h wind6°C · 14.7h daylight · 10 km/h wind · via Rothenborg House
FocusHousing12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Piet Blom
  • Arne Jacobsen
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Piet Blom

Notable works

  • Rothenborg House
  • Bellavista housing estate
  • Bellevue Teatret
  • Skovshoved Petrol Station
Typologies
  • housing
  • residential
  • urban experiment
  • house
  • housing
  • performance venue
  • theatre
  • office
  • civic building
  • city hall
  • building
Materials
  • concrete
  • timber
  • concrete
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
Carbon signals

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete

Concrete, Steel, and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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