Folly Facade

Folly Façade

Folly Façade is built in the historic landscape garden of the Fraeylemaborg in the Dutch town Slochteren. It is created by using demolished parts of the former church tower of Zuidhorn, a village in the neighborhood. 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 unit which is used as an exhibition space. The architecture and the age of the tower reflect the fairytale atmosphere of the historic garden; it looks like it has always been there.