Izakhiwo ZaseDashi: Izindlu ze-Amsterdam Cube

Kubuswoningen, noma izindlu zecube, iqoqo lezindlu ezintsha ezakhelwe ngaphakathi Rotterdam kanye neHelmond, eNetherlands, yakhelwe ngumdwebi uPiet Blom futhi isuselwa kumqondo "wokuphila njengophahla lwasemadolobheni": izindlu ezinabantu abaningi ezinendawo eyanele phansi.

Izindlu zaseRotterdam zitholakala ku-Overblaak Street, futhi eduze kwesiteshi sikamasipala iBlaak. Kukhona ama-cubes amancane angama-38 namabili abizwa ngokuthi 'ama-super-cubes, onke axhunyaniswe ndawonye.

Njengoba abahlali bevame ukuphazanyiswa ngabantu abadlulayo abafuna ukwazi, omunye wabanikazi wanquma ukuvula i- "show cube", ehlotshiswe njengendlu ejwayelekile, futhi wenza imali ngokuhlinzekelwa izivakashi izivakashi.

Izindlu zinezitezi ezintathu: ukungena phansi, ifulethi lokuqala elinegumbi lokuhlala nekhishi; isitezi sesibili esinamakamelo okulala amabili negumbi lokugezela naphezulu, kwesinye isikhathi lisetshenziswa njengensimu encane

Izindonga namawindi zikwi-engeli engu-54,7 degree. Indawo ephelele yefulethi icishe ibe ngamamitha-skwele ayi-100, kepha cishe ikota yesikhala ingasetshenziswa ngenxa yezindonga ezingaphakathi kophahla lwangaphakathi.

Umqondo wokuqala walezi zindlu ezingama-cubic wafika ngawo-1970. Umqondo walezi zindlu ngukuthi ihlathi lenzelwe ikhebe ngalinye elimele isihlahla esingabonakali, ngakho-ke lonke idolobha liba yihlathi. Amashubhu aqukethe izindawo zokuhlala, ezihlukaniswe ngamazinga amathathu.