Field Study ventures into the charming small towns, meandering backroads, and hidden paths of Scandinavia, capturing the essence of these locales through a collection of personal impressions. With each exploration, we invite you to delve deeper into our backyard and discover the hidden gems of Scandinavia and the Nordics.

In this field study, we find ourselves in the house of Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen. Located north of Copenhagen in Charlottenlund, the space, like his work, is engulfed in meticulous emotion — enabling form to become feeling.

Erected in 1929, and expanded in 1931, the house represents a new era of architecture. The art of functionalism, or as it was known in Scandinavia, “Funkis” is spread throughout the white walls of the structure to create an environment clad in meaning. 

Through fractured light, intimate details unveil themselves. The architectural studio, the rust in the glass of the greenhouse, the myriad of spindles on the spiral staircase. All alive. All resolute. All lifted by his legacy. 

The house is a manifestation of Jacobsen's harmony between texture and tension — a raw interpretation of his genius immortalised on Danish soil.