Richard Rogers updates Jean Prouvé's 6x6 Demountable House for Design Miami/Basel
Design Miami/Basel 2015: architect Richard Rogers has redesigned a flatpack home originally created by Jean Prouvé as a housing solution for victims of the second world war (+ slideshow).
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Rogers-Harbour_Miami-Basel-dezeen_sq.jpg)
The architects' London firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners was asked to adapt French architect Jean Prouvé's 1944 design for use as a holiday home with modern additions. The new version is due to go on display at this year's edition of Design Miami/Basel, opening next week.
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel-model_dezeen_468_10.jpg)
The original 6x6 design was developed by Prouvé specifically for rehousing civilians in Lorraine, France, following the second world war. It was one of a series of prefabricated steel, wood and aluminium houses Prouvé created to tackle similar problems around the country.
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel-model_dezeen_468_16.jpg)
The designs feature a single room with the dimensions reflected in their names, and were created to be easy to transport, assemble and dismantle.
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel-renders-sketches-ss_dezeen_05.jpg)
Another original example, one of two surviving versions of the Maison Démontable 8x8, was put up for sale by Galerie Patrick Seguin at Design Miami in 2013 for $2.3 million.
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel-renders-sketches-ss_dezeen_07.jpg)
Roger's adaptation was also commissioned by Galerie Patrick Seguin, a French art dealer specialising in 20th-century furniture and architecture. The design is based on Prouvé's original plans but has cylindrical pods containing a modern kitchen and bathroom, a hot water system, and solar panels to generate its own electricity.
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel-renders-sketches-ss_dezeen_08.jpg)
Rogers aimed to "preserve the integrity of the original as a single living space," so the new additions are housed in satellite structures and a series of "service trolleys". These modules can be added in various arrangements around the central structure.
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel-renders-sketches-ss_dezeen_02-e1434017382537.jpg)
According to the gallery, the aim was to create a potential blueprint for further adaptations of Prouvé's other Demountable House designs.
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel-adaptations_dezeen_468_0.jpg)
The adaptation of the 6x6 Demountable House will be displayed alongside the architect's Total Filling Station from 1969 – a prefabricated petrol station with an almost cylindrical plan and glazed walls.
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel-adaptations_dezeen_468_1.jpg)
The two buildings will be part of the Design At Large section of the Design Miami/Basel fair in Switzerland from 15 - 21 June.
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_468_3.jpg)
The gallery, which specialises in architect-designers like Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier, is also releasing five monographs dedicated to Prouvé's Demountable House designs. The books are the first in a series of 15 that will be released as three boxed sets between 2015 and 2016.
All pictures provided by Galerie Patrick Seguin.
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_12.jpg)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_11.jpg)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_8.gif)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_3.gif)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_9.gif)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel-renders-sketches-ss_dezeen_04-e1434017433211.jpg)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel-renders-sketches-ss_dezeen_03.jpg)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_7.jpg)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_5.jpg)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_6.jpg)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_1.jpg)
![Demountable House by Jean Prouvé and Richard Rogers at Miami/Basel](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/06/Demountable-House_Jean-Prouve-Richard-Rogers_Miami-Basel_dezeen_2.jpg)