examples of follies as public art projects

1. sh
Skycycle Japan

3. http://www.phaenomedia.org/bildmenu-e.html turtle and bear, City of Duisburg,

4. The democratic socialisation of the creative lorry
http://www.phaenomedia.org/bildmenu-e.html

6. http://d3architectes.fr/drophouse01.htm unflat pavilion

7. http://d3architectes.fr/drophouse01.htm drop house

8. http://d3architectes.fr/villa05.htm snake house

10. AWP + HHF: pavilions and follies for parc des bords de seine
'parc
paysage
r et
récréati
f des
bords
de
seine'
by AWP
+
HHF, ca
rrière-
sous -
poissy,
paris, fr
ance all
images
© AWP
+
HHF, sb
da
french
practice
AWP
and
swiss
practice
HHF
have
collabor
ated to
generat
e 'parc
paysage
r et
récréati
f des
bords
de
seine', t
he
winning
proposa
l to
create
all
infrastr
ucture
building
s for the
parc des
bords
de seine
in
carrière
-sous-
poissy,
paris, fr
ance. a
series of
pavilion
s and
follies of
diverse
function
s will
become
integrat
ed into
the 113
hectare
public
green
space
along
the
seine
river
near
the final
station
of the
RER line
a and
the villa
savoye
by le
sub su
corbusie
r. this
future
destinat
ion for
local
fac t
resident
s and
citizens
of paris
will
contain
a
mit bsc e
visitor's
center,
observa
tory, re
stauran
t and a
22,570 R eb wi
dozen
smaller
structur
es
construc
ted
with a
a rib m
modular
wood
framing
system.
reminisc
ent of
articles SS oo tt
prescho
ol
wooden
block
toys, th
e use of
repetiti
proj e ail
ve
wooden
element
s in
limited
lengths
k er
and
angles
encoura
ges a
wide
variety
of
ect via
unusual
construc
tions
with
opportu
nities
for
future
adaptio
ns with
low
building
costs.
ye mo
observa
tory the
site's
dual
persona
lity
thi thi all
provide
s
visitors
with
experie
nces
involvin
in in st st
g both
land
and
water,
position
ed
view tod s s ti
betwee
n city
and
sprawl
with a
mixture
of
brie fu er po
untame
d
wildern
ess and
domesti
cated
articles ay we mo m
nature.
the
establis
hed
presenc
e of
continu
f ll da pul
ous
docks,
mooring
spaces
for
barges,
ek nth e
pontoon
s, looko
uts, can
tilevere
d
terraces
have
y ar
turned
this
location
into an
active
strip of
land.
the
masterp
lan's
concept
derives
from
this
observa
tion and
is a
hybridiz
ation of
the
floating
barge
and
archety
pical
suburba
n
home, c
reating
a
networ
k to
guide
visitors
through
the
large
reserve
and
frame
strategi
c
vantage
points
of the
vegetat
ion and
surroun
dings
through
out the
length
of the
park.
AWP + HHF: pavilions and follies for parc des bords de seine

11. anren town, dayi county, sichuan province

13. the movements of one individual effect the balance of the piece so greatly that
the other person must move to balance the sculpture

15. Anna Heinrich and Leon Palmer Tree of Life 2008.

16. For its first UK project, Belgian architect Robbrecht & Daem has given cyclists, walkers, rowers and birdwatchers a pair of towers in
Lincolnshire linked by a riverside path