A Study on Jean Prouvé as a “Constructor-Through a Comparison with the Architect Mies van der Rohe-; [제작자 장 프루베에 관한 연구--건축가 미스 반 데어 로에와의 비교를 통해-]

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This study examines Jean Prouvé’s notion of the constructor through a comparison with Mies van der Rohe’s position as an architect. Both valued industrial technology and regarded construction as central to architecture, yet their positions diverged: Mies operated within a hierarchical, architect-centered system aimed at preserving conceptual control, whereas Prouvé pursued a horizontal model integrating design and fabrication from the outset. Regarding form and material, Mies developed abstract conceptual structures that were later materialized, treating industrial components as elements of a rationalized architectural language, while Prouvé began from the material properties of sheet metal and industrial processes, generating forms through bending, folding, transport, and assembly. For Prouvé, form emerged from fabrication rather than being imposed. In expressing technology, Mies sought an emblematic language for the technological spirit of his time, employing standardized components and what later scholarship has termed “universal space”. Prouvé instead articulated technology through aeronautical modes of assembly, interdependent systems, and legible joints, drawing inspiration from aviation engineering and experimenting with emerging technologies. His constructive systems—such as the portal frame and the strut—inspired varied spatial layouts. These contrasts suggest that Prouvé’s approach foregrounds fabrication-based reasoning and personal constructive systems as strategies for contemporary architectural practice, while also offering insights into more integrative modes of collaboration. © 2026 Architectural Institute of Korea.

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