It was designed in response to a competition launched by General de Gaulle's government in 1947 to find new forms of cheap housing for the French colonies. Prouvé conceived a system whereby simple walls and roof panels of pre-fabricated aluminium could be made at home before being shipped to France's outposts, unpacked and assembled.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
New York auction Jean Prouvé's Maison tropicale
Next up on the auction block, the Maison Tropicale, a rare midcentury prefab by French designer, Jean Prouvé — one of only three ever built. Shipped all the way from its first home in Congo-Brazzaville, and immaculately restored in Paris, this lightweight steel and aluminum kit-of-parts structure and prefab archetype can be yours for the low, low price of $4 - $6 million! Do we have a bidder?
It was designed in response to a competition launched by General de Gaulle's government in 1947 to find new forms of cheap housing for the French colonies. Prouvé conceived a system whereby simple walls and roof panels of pre-fabricated aluminium could be made at home before being shipped to France's outposts, unpacked and assembled.
It was designed in response to a competition launched by General de Gaulle's government in 1947 to find new forms of cheap housing for the French colonies. Prouvé conceived a system whereby simple walls and roof panels of pre-fabricated aluminium could be made at home before being shipped to France's outposts, unpacked and assembled.
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