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In response to the government\u2019s drive to alleviate the housing crisis, Jean Prouv\u00e9<\/a><\/b>, backed by Aluminium Fran\u00e7ais, designed a \u201clightweight and dynamic house, an exponent of mass production, therefore characteristic of industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Entirely demountable, this prefabricated architecture<\/a> with steel structure and aluminum cladding makes full use of the adaptability offered by the axial portal frame system patented by Prouv\u00e9 in 1939. But in spite of its ingenuity, the M\u00e9tropole house<\/a> never won a single order. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to the government\u2019s drive to alleviate the housing crisis, Jean Prouv\u00e9<\/a><\/b>, backed by Aluminium Fran\u00e7ais, designed a \u201clightweight and dynamic…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[238],"product_tag":[],"woo-feed-brand":[],"class_list":["post-42915","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-book","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJean Prouv\u00e9, M\u00e9tropole Demountable House, 1949<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jean Prouv\u00e9\u2019s M\u00e9tropole House, designed in 1949, illustrates his research into prefabricated, demountable housing suited to mass production.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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