Preliminary Work

Photos by Selah, Edited by Helena Dini

Jean Prouvé: Photos

Jean Prouvé: Photos - Early Years

Jean Prouvé: Versatile & Innovative

"Jean Prouve embodies a synthesis of Architect and Engineer, or more precisely, of Architect and Master Builder, for everything he touches as a designer is immediately imbued with an elegant sculptural form. His solution fulfill the demands of durability and industrial production in an exemplary way." - Le Corbusier

Remmele, Mathias. "Jean Prouvé: objects and furniture design". Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2007.

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STUDAL & AF

Ateliers Jean Prouve (AJP) was Prouve’s factory which he slowly built up over time using long term profit rather than short term profit. In order to produce Les Maisons Tropicales as colonial homes, Prouve needed support from the French government, who governed the colonies. The French government showed little support for Prouve’s industrial design for Les Maisons Tropicales. In order to gain government support AJP joined L’Aluminum Francais (AF), whilst signing an exclusive sales contract with Societe Technique d’Utilisation d’Alliages Legers (STUDAL). AF’s aluminum usage requirements within its company required Prouve to manufacture Les Maisons Tropicales out of aluminum which made them very expensive, at the same time Prouve could only sell to STUDAL. To reduce the cost for short term profit, AF made alterations to Les Maisons Tropicales resulting in Prouve leaving his factory.

Maison de Jean Prouvé, 1954

“To top it all, I had to build my house, mostly with material recycled from workshop rejects.”

Jean Prouvé, excerpt from handwritten notes, 1983

It’s a “green” house in which Prouvé used industrialized components to arrive at a highly personal and poetic result. Prouvé’s house expresses concerns with our contemporary era, similar to the houses of the Australian architect Glenn Murcutt.

Bibliography

Eric Touchaleaume. Jean Prouvé # Les Maisons Tropicales. Paris: Port des Champs - Elysees, 2006.
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Jean Prouvé: Early Influences

Early Vocabulary Based on art Nouveau

Born 1901

Victor Prouve: father, painter, sculptor.

Ecole de Nancy: Art Nouveau school that father founded.

Fundamental Ideal of Ecole de Nancy: Aim to unite art and industry, and to merge creativity with social consciousness. (Hence, related to the Maison Tropical in that it meets the requirements of the Ecole de Nancy).

The Evolution of Staying Contemporary

1916-1921

Apprentice Craftsman: learned metalworking trade in Paris -> Art Nouveau

Aim to unite art and industry, and to merge creativity with social consciousness.

 

1924

Craftsman: opened traditional metalcraft business -> Art Deco

streamlined, aerodynamic, industrial

 

1930's

Founded the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM): Hanging out with Architects & Designers such as Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Robert Mallet- Stevens -> Avant-garde Modern

Work Cited

Remmele, Mathias. Jean Prouvé: objects and furniture design. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2007.

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Primary Aim

Remmele, Mathias. Jean Prouvé: objects and furniture design. Barcelona: Polígrafa, 2007.
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The Success & Failures of a Modern Masterpiece

Work Cited

Rose, Steve. "The Guardian." La Maison Tropicale is one hot house. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/artblog/2008/feb/07/lamaisontropicaleisonehot (accessed December 8, 2011).

Tate Modern. "Tate Modern." Maison Tropicale for Design Museum at Tate Modern. http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/maisontropicale/default.shtm:// (accessed December 8, 2011).


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