JEAN PROUVÉ: Architect for Better Days

Presented at the Parc des Ateliers from October 21, 2017 to May 1, 2018.

Comprising twelve prefabricated buildings created between 1939 and 1969, this exhibition features the largest number of Prouvé's demountable construction systems ever assembled in a single location; and aims to revisit the functional side of his architecture, a focus that is timely and relevant as ever in light of today's housing and migratory crisis. 
Jean Prouvé (1901-1984), regarded today as one of the most enduring and important figures of twentieth-century design, approached the construction of furniture in the same way he constructed a house. In order to describe this balance of material integrity, innovative and economical construction, and elemental design, Le Corbusier designated Prouvé as a constructor. At once an architect and an engineer, the term encompasses the singularity of Prouvé's elegant approached as well as his vital social motivation, manufacturing "brilliant solutions" for the modern era's most urgent needs.