{"id":1566,"date":"2014-11-12T12:38:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T11:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/en\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2025-09-25T10:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:52:48","slug":"highlight-design-miami-jean-prouve-university-dormitory-room-nancy-1932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/en\/news\/highlight-design-miami-jean-prouve-university-dormitory-room-nancy-1932\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGHLIGHT DESIGN MIAMI\/ &#8211; JEAN PROUV\u00c9 &#8211; UNIVERSITY DORMITORY ROOM, NANCY 1932"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chambre-Cite-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Chambre-Cite-2.jpg\" alt=\"Chambre-Cite-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Nancy, in 1930, following a serious housing crisis, some university students were forced to exit their education. This gave birth to the idea of building an accommodation complex, so as to ensure undergraduates enough comfort and healthy conditions during their studies.<br \/>\nDuring the building process for \u2018Cit\u00e9 Universitaire Monbois\u2019, as designed by Jean Bourgon, the architect, Jean Prouv\u00e9 successfully took part in the interior design competition. He was entrusted with the furniture for 70 individual rooms.<br \/>\nEach room included a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/en\/designers\/furniture-jean-prouve\/available-pieces-jean-prouve\/jean-prouve-furniture\/cite-bed-1932\/\" target=\"_blank\">BED<\/a>, with or without headboard, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/en\/designers\/furniture-jean-prouve\/available-pieces-jean-prouve\/jean-prouve-furniture\/yellow-cite-table-1932\/\" target=\"_blank\">DESK<\/a> and chair, an armchair and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/en\/designers\/furniture-jean-prouve\/available-pieces-jean-prouve\/jean-prouve-furniture\/cite-bookshelf-1932\/\" target=\"_blank\">SHELF<\/a>, the whole being designed so as to be inexpensive, solid and at the same time easy to clean. These specifications in the 1930 invitation to tender, explain the almost exclusive use of metal plates and tubular steel, enameled in various shades of red.<br \/>\nThe whole set of furniture was the first to be mass-produced for a public procurement contract. This first experiment characterized a new orientation for Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9 &#8211; which was subsequently confirmed.<br \/>\nThe \u2018Cit\u00e9 Universitaire Monbois\u2019 was inaugurated on November 6, 1932.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Nancy, in 1930, following a serious housing crisis, some university students were forced to exit their education. This gave birth to the idea of building an accommodation complex, so as to ensure undergraduates enough comfort and healthy conditions during their studies. 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