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In 1951, following a visit to the Villa Dollander in Saint-Clair (Var), architect Raymond Lopez\u2014impressed by this architecture based on the axial portal frame principle\u2014which had originally been developed for housing disaster victims in Lorraine\u2014commissioned Jean Prouv\u00e9<\/a> to design a similar villa for his personal use in Guerrevieille, near Saint-Tropez.<\/p>\n

The project draws on the Saint-Clair model while incorporating several improvements. Correspondence between Jean Prouv\u00e9<\/a> and the client\u2014who, at that time, were working closely together on the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration nationale du b\u00e2timent project\u2014reflects these modifications, described as \u201csubtle adjustments.\u201d<\/p>\n

The building is distinguished in particular by the presence of a compass-shaped portal frame, by the use of aluminum panels in the bedrooms with portholes arranged in a staggered pattern, and by the use of Rousseau panels for the roof.<\/p>\n

More closely tailored to the client\u2019s needs and uses, these adaptations make the Lopez Villa a prototype in its own right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steel, aluminum, wood and glass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture-jean-prouve"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJean Prouv\u00e9 - Villa Lopez "Ombres bleues" - Galerie Patrick Seguin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Villa Lopez "Ombres bleues", 1953 by Jean Prouv\u00e9 - Galerie Patrick Seguin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patrickseguin.com\/en\/designers\/jean-prouve\/architecture-jean-prouve\/villa-lopez-ombres-bleues-1953\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jean Prouv\u00e9 - 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