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In the 1950s and 60s you still had to stop at a checkpoint and show your passport when crossing the border into Holland. But you would have known where one country ends and the next one starts regardless: the houses became skinny and all you had to do was look at the windows. Where a voluminous (and ugly) curtain culture reigned supreme in Germany, the Dutch houses had none. You could (and still can, in many places these days, although curtains are now more frequent,) look straight into the rooms of any given dwelling, often through the apartments themselves into the back gardens.<\/p>\n

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This is not only my personal observation. Philosophers and researchers have looked into this peculiar part of Dutch culture that gives anyone insight into what you are doing in your living room particularly at dusk when the lights are on inside. There are three main explanations. Everyone agrees it is rooted in the Calvinist history of the country. It showed G-d and your fellow burghers that you had nothing to hide, your behavior impeccable in private as much as in the public sphere.<\/p>\n

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There is also the theory that the visibility helps social bonding, important in a place so small, with so many people living on top of each other. (16.5 million on 21.094 square miles.) Feeling socially connected as well as exerting a mild form of social control is at the root of a country that has a strong social contract between the well-to-do and the less so, ever since rebuilding from the catastrophic destruction wrought by World War II and the German invasion.<\/p>\n

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And lastly, the Dutch are curious (Probably one of the traits that made them into such successful sea faring explorers. We’ll pass on the issue of colonialism for today.). They are also heavily into design and happy to show it off to anyone who comes by. So goes the analysis.<\/p>\n

Modern Dutch architecture continues that trend of transparency and displayclever design that integrates forms of the old with new ideas. They also, for the most part, acknowledge the scarcity of space and build narrow. Now even printed in 3D!<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2018\/jun\/06\/netherlands-to-build-worlds-first-habitable-3d-printed-houses?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews#Echobox=1528271947<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sliding doors and built-in furniture save space inside skinny house by Ana Rocha Architecture<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n