Towards the end of July I went to Rotterdam for 3nights and Belgium for a festival called Dour for 4nights.
Rotterdam was amazing for shopping and the architecture which was immense. There were really tall buildings, old fashion buildings and cube buildings. The cube buildings were peoples homes and businesses. At first it was hard to believe that peop
le lived in them as I have never seen anything like it before and it looked like people were living upside down and on the walls. They were designed by architect Piet Blom in 1984, Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other. Because people are curios about these cube houses a man has used his home as a museum for people to explore, the layout of the cube houses are, ground floor entrance, first floor with living room and open kitchen, second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom and the top floor which was a conservatory / chill out room. If there was one for sale and I had the money I would so grab one with out a hesitation! . . . Moving on to the shopping I was spoilt for choice. They had the big brands which you get everywhere for example H&M to these beautiful sophisticated boutiques which were way out of my price range. But the thing I loved the most about these boutiques were the layouts. Some just had rails in the middle of the shop with shoes on the outskirts or had cabinets displaying hats and shoes or they were using mannequins which were hanging from the ceiling , and some shops had exhibition of local dutch artists work.
le lived in them as I have never seen anything like it before and it looked like people were living upside down and on the walls. They were designed by architect Piet Blom in 1984, Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other. Because people are curios about these cube houses a man has used his home as a museum for people to explore, the layout of the cube houses are, ground floor entrance, first floor with living room and open kitchen, second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom and the top floor which was a conservatory / chill out room. If there was one for sale and I had the money I would so grab one with out a hesitation! . . . Moving on to the shopping I was spoilt for choice. They had the big brands which you get everywhere for example H&M to these beautiful sophisticated boutiques which were way out of my price range. But the thing I loved the most about these boutiques were the layouts. Some just had rails in the middle of the shop with shoes on the outskirts or had cabinets displaying hats and shoes or they were using mannequins which were hanging from the ceiling , and some shops had exhibition of local dutch artists work.I went round and took some photos so here they are:
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