The grundtvig memorial church is located in northwest of Copenhagen, jensen-klint’s main work, 1913-1940.

The highly expressive and original tripart tower is the architect’s attempt to design a tower that would connect organically with the nave and two aisles of the basic basilica plan. The problem of how to assemble tower and nave is as old as the christian building type itself and jensen-klint’s solution was born on his 60th birthday in 1913 as the result of a deep personal and creative crisis.

Unable to secure commisions, he decided to develop his ideas to their full extent on paper instead. In a sense, he was giving up his career but the move proved liberating to his talent. He entered his next church design, done entirely without a brief or a client, into the 1913 competition for a grundtvig memorial and lost. to a statue.

p.v. jensen-klint 05, grundtvig memorial church 1913-1940, originally uploaded by seier+seier+seier.