Folly Facade
abandoned church tower recycled as a facade Groningen / Netherlands / 2016
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Folly Facade s build in the historic landscape garden of the Fraeylemaborg in the Dutch town Slochteren. It consist out of the old demolished church tower of Zuidhorn. Discarded architecture is reused at a new location. The tower is cut in the longitudinal direction in two parts and folded open. In that way it creates a façade in front of a container which is used as an exhibition space. The age of the tower reflects the atmosphere of the historic garden.
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Folly Facade s build in the historic landscape garden of the Fraeylemaborg in the Dutch town Slochteren. It consist out of the old demolished church tower of Zuidhorn. Discarded architecture is reused at a new location. The tower is cut in the longitudinal direction in two parts and folded open. In that way it creates a façade in front of a container which is used as an exhibition space. The age of the tower reflects the atmosphere of the historic garden.
- Year 2016
- Work started in 2015
- Work finished in 2016
- Main structure Mixed structure
- Client Faeylemaborg
- Contractor Lambert Kamps Art & Design
- Status Completed works
- Type Parks, Public Gardens / Public Squares / Churches / Monuments / Recovery/Restoration of Historic Buildings / Restoration of Works of Art / Restoration of façades / Structural Consolidation / Recovery of industrial buildings / Building Recovery and Renewal
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