Decoration Details

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Decoration

Present name
Town, country
Hvidovre, Denmark
Description
interior | calligraphy | total decoration | corridorsog unique entrance ways to all rooms
Completed
1984
Status
extant
Done by
Poul Gernes, Aase Seidler Gernes, Georg Jansen, helpers who signed their names in the decoration: Aage, Helen, K.F., Susanne, Pia Dalsgaard, Birgitte.
IDname
PG-Z-93
Notes
The decoration was restored by Ulrikka Gernes in 2006 after it had been damaged by a fire.
Anthology
Finn Thybo Andersen on Rebæk Søpark Student Housing

A large, densely packed decoration. The dormitory has seven floors with 361 rooms and 21 kitchens along corridors in the middle of the building. Each door has a unique symmetrical decoration. Around the kitchen doors they are larger than around the rooms’ entrances. 

 

On each floor, the spaces in front of the lifts also have unique decorations down to the linoleum flooring. High on the walls is the calligraphy of sayings from, among others the Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore, Norwegian Henrik Ibsen, Danish Benny Andersen and Chinese and Danish proverbs. 

 

Inspector Henrik Hollander talks about the decoration: “We are proud of it. It’s unique. Every corridor has its own expression, and every door has its own motif, so the youngsters can find their way home when they’ve been out on a binge. Young people have a hard time with the colours. But I tell them the story behind, and then they get a sense of ownership and begin to look after it.” 

Finn Thybo Andersen: Poul Gernes Decoration Projects. London 2018, p. 287. Translated by Dan A. Marmorstein. Excerpt.

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Photo: Ulrikka Gernes

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Photo: Finn Thybo Andersen

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Photo: Ulrikka Gernes