Prouvé, Jean
Prouvé, Jean (1901–84). French pioneer of prefabrication and industrialized building, he worked with Le Corbusier, Tony Garnier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand, among others. He developed the concept of the curtain-wall, metal cladding systems, and infill panels for walls (e.g. Roland Garros Aero-Club, Buc (1936–7—destroyed). His adaptable Maison du Peuple, Clichy (1937–9—with Beaudouin and Lods), and aluminium houses at Meudon (1949–50) were very advanced for their time. He constructed the pump-room at Évian Spa (1956–7—Maurice Novarina (1907–2002), architect), and evolved the ‘Sahara’ prefabricated housing-units (1958). It is revealing that he referred to himself as a constructeur, emphasizing his role as inventor, master-builder, engineer, and designer, rather than architect.
Bibliography
Clayssen (1983);
Coley (1983);
Kalman (1994);
Huber & Steinegger (eds.) (1971);
Jervis (1984);
Placzek (ed.) (1982);
Prouvé (1988);
Sulzer et al. (1993, 1995, 2000,2002);
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