Jean Prouvé, the soul of sheet metal

On the hillside, Jean Prouvé’s glazed living room overlooks the distant rooftops of the city of Nancy. Built in 1954 on the heights of Maxéville, the family home of this figure of 20th century design seems to have remained untouched since his death in 1984. At first glance, the abundant vegetation surrounds the pavilion. She also interferes inside. In the large living room that Jean Prouvé compared to “a village square”, a giant date palm planted in the ground leans over the dining table. His wife Madeleine loves gardening, he cut a triangle in the ground to create a mini-vegetable garden. One of his daughters being crazy about dates, a seed would have been planted there.