Viggo Møller-Jensen

Viggo Vold Møller-Jensen * ( March 27, 1907 in Copenhagen ; † December 20, 2003 ibid.) Was a Danish modernist architect who often worked with Tyge Arnfred. He was a professor at the architecture school of the art academy from 1955-77.

family

He was the son of the painter, architect and craftsman Jens Møller-Jensen (March 23, 1869 in Hårby near Skanderborg - December 19, 1948 in Gentofte) and Sigrid Johanne Sophie Jubeline Vold (March 3, 1875 in Copenhagen - September 7, 1968 in Gentofte). He married the Malering Anna-Helene (Malene) Helligkilde (May 3, 1909 in Nørre Uttrup near Aalborg ) in Copenhagen on June 2, 1934 , daughter of the gardener Niels Helligkilde and housekeeper Anna Gravesen.

education

Viggo Møller-Jensen graduated from high school in 1925 , cand.phil. at the University of Copenhagen the following year and completed his apprenticeship as a carpenter in 1929 . Then he attended the architecture school of the art academy. Here he studied under Professor Ivar Bentsen and graduated in 1935 .

Career

Viggo Møller-Jensen opened his own architectural office in 1940 and worked with Tyge Arnfred as a partner from 1950 ; and from 1961 with Jørn Ole Sørensen in the architects' office 'Fællestegnestuen' until the end of the 1980s.

In 1941 he became a teacher at the architecture school of the art academy, where he was professor from 1955-77. In 1961 and 1965–68 he was also dean of the architecture school. He was also a member of many committees that assessed projects.

Møller-Jensen was a well-traveled man; in 1930 he was in France , in 1931 in England and France, in 1937 in Italy and France. In 1950 he was a visiting teacher at MIT in Boston . In 1961 he was on a survey trip to the Virgin Islands and several times between 1961 and 81 on Greenland on survey trips.

Exhibitions

• L'Art Danois Contemporain, Musée de Lyon, Lyon 1953
• Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition - 1953, 1960, 1962–63, 1969, 1971–72
• Charlottenborg Autumn Exhibition 1977
• the “Købestævnet” fair in Fredericia in 1964

Awards

• 1944 - the Emil Bissens premium, an award from the architecture school since 1929
• 1944 - Copenhagen municipality bonus
• 1954 - The Eckersberg Medal of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts
• 1955 - Zacharias Jacobsen's 1955 legacy
• 1980 - the CF Hansen Medal
• 1980 - the "Træprisen" wood prize
• 1986 - the Heinrich Tessenow Medal
• 1990 - the architecture award "Nykredits Arkitekturpris"
• 1990 - he became an honorary member of the Heinrich Tessenow Society
• 1991 - he became an honorary member of the Art Academy

Works

• 1935 - Villa for the authorized signatory Axel Christensen, Vespervej 10, Hellerup
• 1935 - Restaurant pavilion in Holbæk Strandpark (1st prize, together with Ib Andersen)
• 1938 - Apartment building for the orphanage association, on Lyngbyvej, Copenhagen
• 1939 - His own house, Kongens Lyngby
• 1943 - Atelier houses, Grønnemose Allé 21-49, Utterslev Mose (listed as a historical monument since 1990)
• 1947 - Lystofteparken, Brede (together with Kay Fisker )
• 1949 - Dommerparken, Bispebjerg (together with Knud Thorball & Magnus Stephensen )
• 1950 - Ermelundshäuser, Jægersborg (together with Mogens Black-Petersen)
• 1950–70 6 storey houses made of reinforced concrete , adapted to older buildings in Frederiksberg , u. a. am Kochsvej 5B, Rolighedsvej 9, Falkonér Allé 90-94 (awarded by the Frederiksberg Commune )

Together with Tyge Arnfred

• Extension to Magleås Højskole (adult education center)
• Building for the Rødding Højskole (adult education center)
• Building for Askov Højskole (adult education center) (1956–68)
• Elementary school and technical school, in Nuuk (1960s)
• Herning Højskole (1962), theater (1978), listed as a historical monument since 2018
• Københavns Dag- og Aftenseminarium (school teachers' school), Skovlunde (1967–72)
• Comwell Klarskovgaard training center near Korsør (1970)
• Skælskør Folkehøjskole (Adult Education Center) (1970s)
• Course center Klinten , Rødvig
• SiD (Trade Union of Specialists) Course Center, Nykøbing Falster (1st Prize)
• Old gang houses on Greenland , in Nuuk and Ilulissat
• Detached houses, type 67 and others in Greenlandic towns and communities

In the architects' office "Fællestegnestuen"

• Albertslund municipality , housing, student dormitories, town hall and more (1960s)
• Farum Midtpunkt , apartments (1974)
• Flexibo, terraced houses on Amager (1976)
• Solbjerg Have, Finsensvej / Solbjerg Have 2-32, 5-23 / Lauritz Sørensens Vej 25-127, Frederiksberg , apartments, retirement homes, nursing homes, kindergartens (1980)
• Sibeliusparken, Housing, Rødovre (1986)

Web links

• Gravsted.dk (Danish)

• Viggo Møller-Jensen 4th edition of the Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon, 1994 in the new Danish Weilbach artist dictionary (Danish)