Photo by James Woodward. © James Woodward, available from Artifice Images

In plan, the chapel of the Church at Bagsværd is the central space in a rectangular collection of rooms and courtyards, which are framed by perimeter aisles used for circulation throughout the church.

Natural light enters primarily through a large skylight located between the two uppermost folds of the curved ceiling, as well as through the glass ceilings of the perimeter aisles. The surface of this ceiling, which is at its lowest above the entry, compressing space over the congregation, vaults skyward toward the altar and accentuates lines of sight beyond the sacristy.

 A sequence of connected arcs evoking layers of clouds forms the sectional geometry of the ceiling.

 The ceiling is composed of thin board-formed concrete shells, which span 63 ft 8 in (19.4 m) between the two perimeter aisles and support the external metal roof. The structural relationship between the ceiling and roof inverts the typical hierarchy, in which interior surfaces are supported by exterior structure.

In this shaped section, the voluminous quality of the interior stands in extreme contrast to the flat surfaces of the exterior massing.