The Beauty Of Details
Jean Prouvé never lost the aesthetic qualities while transferring his manufacturing technology from industry into the architecture. After the WW II he was commissioned to mass-produce frame houses for refugees by the Reconstruction Ministry. The process started.
Intelligence in constructive systems and ingenuity in detail - House Ferembal (1948) | Photo by © Christian L. Photo
The load-bearing structure of the 8×8 Demountable Houses was made entirely of bent sheet steel. | Photo © Patrick Seguin
Prouvé was influential in the development of the idea of nomadic architecture, likening a chair to a house, and designing both with portability in mind.
Another amazing Prouve’s detail. | Photo by Marie Clérin