Loader

Facade, Fedebat, Paris, 1949

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949).

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Steel sheet aluminum facade panel, 1949.

Steel sheet aluminum facade panel, 1949. © Galerie Patrick Seguin.

Steel sheet aluminum facade panel, 1949.

Steel sheet aluminum facade panel, 1949. © Galerie Patrick Seguin.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). Assembling the facade panels by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Facade panels Fedebat. Drawing made for publication, ca. 1950.

Facade panels Fedebat. Drawing made for publication, ca. 1950. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949).

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949).

Headquarters of the Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment, Paris (architects J. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, 1949). © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Facade panels, Nièvre prefecture, Nevers, (L. Robert, architect, 1952).

Facade panels, Nièvre prefecture, Nevers, (L. Robert, architect, 1952). © Fonds des Ateliers Jean Prouvé, Archives départementales de Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Facade panels Fedebat, 1949

In a logical extension of the curtain wall invented before the War for the Maison du Peuple in Clichy, Jean Prouvé came up with several types of mass-produced components making up lightweight, functional metal partitions. For Fedebat (Fédération Nationale du Bâtiment) he designed an initial type of standard prefabricated panel with built-in opening/closing and ventilation mechanisms, which could be rapidly inserted on-site from inside.