Slotfelt Barn emerges in the landscape with its shape of inverted boats and marks an important part of the Danish cultural history. The historic barn has undergone a transformation from a dilapidated barn to a public exhibition space.

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Architects: Praksis Arkitekter · Office Profile

Location: 6270 Møgeltønder, Denmark

Area: 300.0 sqm

Project Year: 2011

Photographs: Christina Capetino

Collaborators: Field Stone Terrazzo, JOBI Group

Structural Engineer: Keld Abrahamsen

Services Engineer (Lighting): Jesper Garde Kongshaug

Interior: Peter Bentsen

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From the architect. Slotfelt Barn emerges in the landscape with its shape of inverted boats and marks an important part of the Danish cultural history. The historic barn has undergone a transformation from a dilapidated barn to a public exhibition space.

© Christina Capetino

It is located in the flat marshlands on the outskirts of Møgeltønder in the southwest of Jutland in Denmark. Praksis Arkitekter was assigned to reconstruct the barn from the 1870s to a small cultural centre.

© Christina Capetino

The distinctive curved roof rafters were reconstructed by bolting a number of thin layers of timber together to form a single laminated structure....