Norway, 2015
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Cube houses, Rotterdam, 1984. Architecture by Piet Blom.
Our current exhibition on Dutch structuralism sparked a new interest for this type of architecture. Although I don’t particularly like it from an estheticial point of view, the segmentation, in order to create ‘human scaled’ spaces that invite residents to meet and interact with each other, allows for multiple perspectives and seemingly endless photographic possibilities.
Under the title of ‘Living as an Urban Roof’, Blom designed a city composed primarily of two levels: a public space on the ground floor and habitats above, forming ‘the roof of the city’.
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Hofdijk housing, Rotterdam, 1977-1983. Architecture by Jan Verhoeven.
Our current exhibition on Dutch structuralism sparked a new interest for this type of architecture. Although I don’t particularly like it from an estheticial point of view, the segmentation, in order to create ‘human scaled’ spaces that invite residents to meet and interact with each other, allows for multiple perspectives and seemingly endless photographic possibilities.
Hofdijk consists of 584 dwellings in the centre of Rotterdam, joint together by a complex network of collective spaces like galleries and courtyards, that give access to individual houses.