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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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Seed wave 59 image for the Cube houses.

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1978-1984 · Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

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1981 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1978-19841981
PlaceRotterdam, South Holland, NetherlandsMexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Place contextRotterdam, South Holland, NetherlandsRepresentative site: Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Climate8°C · 14.3h daylight · 14 km/h wind12°C · 12.7h daylight · 3 km/h wind · via Kurimanzutto
FocusHousing2 works in corpus
Architects
  • Piet Blom
  • Alberto Kalach
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Piet Blom

Notable works

  • Kurimanzutto
  • Biblioteca Vasconcelos
Typologies
  • housing
  • residential
  • urban experiment
  • gallery
  • house
  • library
  • cultural building
  • public building
Materials
  • concrete
  • timber
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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