Friederike Schneider
Floor plan diagram, scale 1:500
Site plan in Rotterdam
Floor plans of the various levels, scale 1:200
Axonometric view of the cube house’s interior and surface
The model houses in Helmond
Aerial view of the development in Rotterdam
Originally published in: Oliver Heckmann, Friederike Schneider (eds.), Floor Plan Manual Housing, fourth revised and expanded edition, Birkhäuser, 2011.
Building Type Housing
Morphological Type Clustered Low-Rise/Mat
Urban Context Central Business District/City Center, Urban Block Structure
Architect Piet Blom
Year 1984
Location Rotterdam
Country Netherlands
Geometric Organization Cluster
Building Depth Approx 11 m
Number of Units Rotterdam: 38 units
Helmond: 3 Model Houses, Communal Playhouse”
Height Low-Rise (up to 3 levels)
Load-Bearing Structure Column-and-Slab
Access Type Street Access
Layout Duplex/Triplex
Parking On street
New Building, Refurbishment or Extension New Building
Additional Information Cube-shaped individual houses on trunks put in row on tilted side
3 stories, orientation to all sides.
3 model houses initially built in Helmond
Client Rotterdam: 4-Rooms, 102 m², (2nd floor 24 m²/3rd floor 60 m²/top floor 18 m²)
Helmond: 3–4 Rooms, 90 m²
Address Oude Haven
Rotterdam-Blaak