GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN is pleased to present “Jean Prouvé, Maison Les Jours Meilleurs, 1956“: an immersive exhibition dedicated to the pavilion designed by Jean Prouvé.
Optimistically named “Better Days”, the 57m2 (610 sq ft) house was shown in Paris on Quai Alexandre-III in February 1956, as part of the very popular Salon des Arts Ménagers. Erected in seven hours, this demountable prefabricated architecture was based on the principle of a “central load-bearing core” process developed by Prouvé in the early 1950s.
For this exhibition, Galerie Patrick Seguin is showing the principals elements of this industrialized house: the load-bearing domestic block, fully equipped and rehabilitated to its original function, the almost 9 meters long ridge beam and the 4 kinds of façade panels (window, door and solid) while the visitor, equipped with a virtual reality headset, is invited to discover the entire pavilion as it was first presented to the public on the banks of the Seine in 1956.
A compilation of archives, photographs and documents from the period completes the experience of reliving a key moment in the history of architecture of the 20th century.
