Intended as a demonstration model that would illustrate the virtues of prefabricated housing to the public, this was a copybook example: the use of structural axial portal frames met the requirements of the competition while providing an open, fluid plan rendered highly adaptable by interchangeable partitions and one-piece glazed or solid facing panels.

Originally commissioned as a prototype for the Reconstruction, the house failed to find the success that had been hoped for; one of the few that was actually made was ultimately set up in 1952 at the Maxéville plant, where it became the Ateliers Jean Prouvé Design Office.

On the occasion of the fair, a model of the Maxéville Design Office will be showcased, highlighting this historic demountable architecture.