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Spherical houses weren't a great idea.

2023-09-25

[public] 1.06M views, 127K likes, dislikes audio only

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The Bolwoningen, in Den Bosch, in the Netherlands, are experimental architecture: the surprising part is that people still live there.

Local producer: Jasper Deelen

Camera: Jeroen Simons

Thanks to @NotJustBikes for the Rotterdam cube house footage

A lot of my history research for this video is based on the 2019 book "Experimentele Woningbouw in Nederland 1968-1980: 64 Gerealiseerde Woonbeloften", by Barzilay, Ferwerda and Blom: https://experimentelewoningbouw.nl/

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