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ARNE JACOBSEN

Arne Jacobsen (19021971) is

perhaps the most famous
Danish designer of them all. His
work, which ranges in scale from
a hotel to a teaspoon, has been
seen everywhere from an
Oxford college to the
headquarters of a fast-food
restaurant; his furniture is
among the most copied in the
world.
ARNE JACOBSENS VIEW ON ARCHITECTURE
The fundamental factor is
proportion. Proportion is
precisely what makes the old
Greek temples beautiful And
when we look at some of the
most admired buildings of the
Renaissance or the Baroque,
we notice that they are all
well- proportioned. That is the
essential thing.
BIOGRAPHY
BIRTH: 11 FEBRUARY 1902 IN COPENHAGEN
FAMILY BACKGROUND
FATHER: WHOLESALER
MOTHER:BANKER
1924-TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF COPENHAGEN
1924-ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY OF ARTS SCOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE
1927-MUNCIPAL ARCHITECT IN COPENHAGEN
1956-PROFESSOR AT ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY OF ART
1930 ONWARDS- OWN DRAWING OFFICE
(Click here for complete timeline)
MAJOR ARCHITECTURE WORKS OF ARNE JACOBSEN

Bellavista residential complex, Klampenborg, Copenhagen (193134)

Royal Danish Embassy, London, UK (197677)
SAS Royal Hotel, Copenhagen (195860)
St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK (196466)
National Bank of Denmark, Copenhagen (196570)
Bellevue Beach, Klampenborg, Denmark (1932)
Skovshoved Petrol Station, Skovshoved, Copenhagen (1936)
Stelling House, 6 Gammeltorv, Copenhagen (193437)
Sllerd Town Hall (with Flemming Lassen), Sllerd, Copenhagen (193842)
rhus City Hall (with Erik Mller), rhus (193942)
Sholm I (194650) terraced houses, Klampenborg
Rdovre Town Hall, Rdovre, Denmark (195256)
Allhusene housing, Gentofte, Copenhagen (19491953)
Glostrup Town Hall, Glostrup, Copenhagen (1958)
{VIDEO}
Munkegaard School, Copenhagen (1957)
Landskrona Sports-Hall, Landskrona, Sweden (1965) SHOWING ALL
Mainz City Hall, Mainz, Germany (196673) MAJOR WORKS
Christianeum School, Hamburg, Germany (197071) OF ARNE
HEW Vattenfall Europe, Hamburg, Germany (1970)
Parliament House, Islamabad, Pakistan
JACOBSEN
BELLAVISTA RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX,
KLAMPENBORG, COPENHAGEN (193134)
The buildings are built of brick with a whitewashed finish and iron girders between the
floors.
The roofs are tar-papered, the window frames are teak and the balconies have reinforced
concrete fencing.
In order to take full advantage of the sea view, Jacobsen staggered the facades of the north
and south wings so that each apartment has two rooms with views over the sea. The sea can
also be seen from the balconies which are integrated into the structure of the buildings
rather than protruding outwards as was the usual practice at the time.
The south wing which stands on lower ground has a basement with garages. The largest
apartments are those in the west wing, behind the two others and parallel to the coast road,
where there is no requirement for a staggered facade. A few shops were also included in the
complex.
Jacobsen succeeded in creating interesting effects with his floor displacements, rounded
corners, and the latticework over the balconies. The shadows over the white surface of the
buildings create ever changing impressions as the day progresses. With their white-washed
facades and corner windows, the buildings instill an atmosphere of exotic, elegant
modernity, so typical of Functionalism. Bellavista allowed Jacobsen to realize his dream of a
modern town.
SECTIONAL ELEVATION SECTIONAL PLAN
OR OR
A walk to Bellavista residential complex (VIDEO)
SAS Royal Hotel, Copenhagen (195860)

(VIDEO) COMPLETE ARCHITECTURAL THEORY OF

SAS ROYAL HOTEL

The entire hotel from the exterior faade through to the stainless-steel cutlery used in the
restaurant and the Swan and Egg chairs gracing the lobby was designed by famous Danish
architect, Arne Jacobsen.
Since most of his work has been replaced by corporate standard fabrics and furniture, the
hotel is referred to as Jacobsens' Lost Gesamtkunstwerk.
Only a single room has been kept in the original design. It has all of the original, green
furniture and the wood panels on the wall. This room, with the number 606, is still available
for booking.
Shades of green dominate the entire design. Jacobsen, who was also working as a landscape
architect 1955-1960, pursued a "modern garden" theme. He implemented this theme using
green textiles and furniture combined with "organic shapes" and rigid geometric forms.
During the design phase sketches of the building where published in Danish newspapers.
Critics feared a destruction of the traditional skyline of Copenhagen. The building was
compared to a punch card. Jacobsen's response was: "its funny, for that is actually what it
looks like when the windows are open on a hot summers day." Another term used was
introduced by Jacobsen's former associate Erik Mller, who called it the 'glass cigarbox'. The
promoter of the international style, Philip C. Johnson, said it was the worst copy of Lever
House.
St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK (196466)

VIDEO RELATED TO DESIGN OF THE COLLEGE

The architect of St. Catherine's, Arne Jacobsen, designed the college both to reflect elements of a
traditional Oxford college and to be an entirely modern solution to the challenge of creating an
integrated environment which would be both practical and aesthetically pleasing. At the heart of
the College lies a rectangular quad, its sides formed by student rooms built in the conventional
Oxford 'staircase' format, its ends consisting of the Dining Hall and Library.
Unlike most quads, however, St. Catherine's is not closed off; instead hedge-lined walks lead to
other buildings, and to garden areas which are planted with a fascinating variety of trees, shrubs
and flowers. The whole is flanked on one side by the river Cherwell, and on the other by Merton
College's playing fields which themselves border the University Parks, giving St. Catherine's an
apparently rural setting which is yet only minutes away from the centre of Oxford.
Since the completion of the original buildings, a number of additions have been made. The College
now has three blocks of student accommodation; a Dining Hall which can seat 350; a library; the
Bernard Sunley Building which includes a large lecture theatre and a number of meeting rooms;
the Mary Sunley Building, a purpose-built conference centre with lecture theatre and meeting
room; spacious Junior and Senior Common Room areas; a Music House; squash courts and
gymnasium; a punt house; car park.

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