Munkegaard School

Special attention was given at the time to the need for the child's physical wellbeing, inspired in part by the English one-storey school buildings of the period.

It was thought this could be achieved by dividing the complex into sets of two adjacent classrooms, each with its own courtyard or garden, in order to provide a feeling of intimacy and wellbeing.

In addition to light from the full-height windows on the walls overlooking the courtyards, daylight comes in through south-facing clerestories in the split-pitched roofs, illuminating the back of the classrooms.

[2][4] Virtually everything in the school has been designed by Jacobsen: the interiors, fittings, desks and chairs, lighting, curtains, as well as the specially laid out gardens.

After negotiations between Gentofte Municipality and the Ministry of Culture, permission was granted for additional facilities to be built beneath the existing buildings.