We all need some OPTIMISM. For me OPTIMISM is visualized for example by the architecture of Piet Blom and his Cube houses in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He tried to create a metaphor for living in trees. Visitors might ask, if the houses could struggle and fall on their nose? Or if sometimes maybe some tables, sofas or TV-screen fell out of the windows? Or if people must pay a monthly rent for those surprising rooms – or if they are earning a lot of money for their courage, to climb up and down in those rooms every minute of their life? What do you think, discovering those houses? P.S.: Because my daughter is an architect, I have the fear one day she might follow the strong optimism of Piet Blom, Rotterdam …
photo by Dietmut Teijgeman-Hansen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; click on the picture to enter her flickr galleries! P.S.: Once, during World War II, Germany destroyed the city of Rotterdam using the V1 rockets of Wernher von Braun. I’m glad that the destroyed Rotterdam had power enough, to start a new future with optimism – and with enough courage for modern architectural experiments. The photographer Dietmut (my name is Dietmar) after the war moved from Hamburg to Rotterdam following her love. I’m glad, that things are going better every decade …
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