Preliminary Work

Photos by Selah, Edited by Helena Dini

Maison Colonial Type A Elevation

                                                                                                                                 

 Draughted by Helena Dini

University of Dakar: Plan and Elevation

Draughted by Helena Dini

Air Conditioned Cabin: Section and Plan

Draughted by Helena Dini

Elevation: Colonial Hut

Draughted by Helena Dini

University of Dakar: Front Elevation

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College de Ouagadougou

Edited by Helena Dini Dec 11 9:45 AM

Perspective Sketches

“Perspective sketches by Jean Prouvé depicting a variant of the colonial house entirely in aluminum, with external stanchions, cross and longitudinal beams and roof pans. The in-depth study was never realized, but the J. Prouvé Workshops demonstrated by it the possible uses for aluminum in buildings, which they later put into effect in the Pavillon du Centenaire de l’Aluminum in 1954.”

Sulzer, 2004.

Bibliography

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

Design for a "Tropical" House, 1949.

Perspective drawing of La Maison Tropicale.

Bibliography

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

Edited by Helena Dini Dec 11 8:23PM

Aerated Roof on Adobe Walls, Circa 1949.

One of the first designs for the roof on La Maison Tropicale. This plan is very similar to the roof placed on the tropical house in Niamey.