Munkegaard School
1957
primary school
Munkegaardsskolen in Gentofte, north of Copenhagen, is Arne Jacobsen's 1957 school and one of his most complete buildings. Rather than stack classrooms, Jacobsen spread the school across a low grid of yellow brick, pairing the twenty-four…
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- 1957
Arne Jacobsen
- 2006-2009
Dorte Mandrup added about 1,600 square meters underground, lighting the new level through four crystalline courtyards that echo Jacobsen's classroom-courtyard grid above.
- 2009
New facilities were added beneath the building, with light brought in through an atrium opening onto the school courtyard. Parts of the older building were restored and repainted, including the assembly hall.
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