Decoration Details

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Decoration

Present name

Herlev Hospital, auditorium

Town, country

Herlev, Denmark

Description

interior | total colour scheme | auditorium

Completed

1976

Status

extant

Done by

Poul Gernes, Aase Seidler Gernes

IDname

PG-Z-392

Anthology

Finn Thybo Andersen on the auditorium at Herlev Hospital

The auditorium is centrally located, very close to the entrance hall. This is one of the great monumental spaces created by Poul Gernes, and it really makes an impact on you the moment you enter. It’s like a huge lung that you are moving into. The seats, which are placed in curved trajectories around the stage, and rising from like an amphitheatre, are red and purple, and there are red carpets and linoleum on the floors. The ceiling is white, and back and side walls are salmon pink. There is a warm atmosphere here, where is feels safe and good to be.

Finn Thybo Andersen: Poul Gernes Decoration Projects. London 2018, p. 280-2. Translated by Dan A. Marmorstein. Excerpt.