{"id":31705,"date":"2024-11-07T11:35:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/en\/?p=20599"},"modified":"2024-11-07T11:46:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:46:53","slug":"our-latest-exclusive-video-jean-prouves-better-days-house-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/en\/news\/our-latest-exclusive-video-jean-prouves-better-days-house-1956\/","title":{"rendered":"Our latest exclusive video, Jean Prouv\u00e9\u2019s &#8220;Better Days&#8221; House, 1956"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN<\/strong> announces the release of an exclusive video on its YouTube channel, featuring the &#8220;Better Days&#8221; House, designed by <strong>JEAN PROUV\u00c9<\/strong> in 1956.<\/p>\n<p>This stop-motion video, created during the set-up of the house, immerses you in the fascinating construction process of this demountable house. Each step is revealed, showcasing the ingenuity of Prouv\u00e9&#8217;s construction system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJM.gif\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJM.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Better Days&#8221; House, designed by Jean Prouv\u00e9, perfectly summed up the notion of the industrially produced detached dwelling\u2014lasting, light, economical and comfortable\u2014that he had been working on for almost twenty years. The project also illustrated the constructor\u2019s reactivity. Faced with the urgency of the situation caused by the housing crisis, in just a few weeks he perfected a model combining his earlier experiments with an innovative building technique and the latest materials.<\/p>\n<p>The construction approach was based on a concept devised with architect Maurice Silvy at Prouv\u00e9\u2019s factory in Max\u00e9ville in 1952. On a dished concrete base was placed a prefabricated steel central unit housing the kitchen, bathroom and toilet; supporting a pressed steel beam, the unit constituted the substructure. The shell was made of thermoformed wood sandwich panels and the roof of aluminum slabs that also extended out to cover the porch. The public was as enthused by the idea as practicing architects, but this 57m\u00b2 (613 sq ft) house that took seven hours to assemble was too revolutionary for its time: the official approval needed for  industrialization was not granted, and only five were ever built.<\/p>\n<p>For inquiries about this historic demountable architecture, please send us an email at <a href=\"mailto:info@patrickseguin.com\"><strong>info@patrickseguin.com<\/strong><\/a>.\u2060 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/MJM-1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/MJM-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20601\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lWA5q9Gt1hE\">Watch the vid\u00e9o and subscribe to our channel to not miss anything!<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN announces the release of an exclusive video on its YouTube channel, featuring the &#8220;Better Days&#8221; House, designed by JEAN PROUV\u00c9 in 1956. 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