Alpexpo, trade fair center, Grenoble, 1970

Alpexpo, trade fair center, Grenoble, 1967–1970 (Jean Prouvé, with architect C. Prouvé, engineer L. Pétroff). View of the building site. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Alpexpo, trade fair center, Grenoble, 1967–1970 (Jean Prouvé, with architect C. Prouvé, engineer L. Pétroff). View of the building site. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Alpexpo, trade fair center, Grenoble, 1967–1970 (Jean Prouvé, with architect C. Prouvé, engineer L. Pétroff). © D. R.

Alpexpo, trade fair center, Grenoble, 1967–1970 (Jean Prouvé, with architect C. Prouvé, engineer L. Pétroff). The construction system in perspective. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Alpexpo, trade fair center, Grenoble, 1967–1970 (Jean Prouvé, with architect C. Prouvé, engineer L. Pétroff). View of the building site. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Alpexpo, trade fair center, Grenoble, 1967–1970 (Jean Prouvé, with architect C. Prouvé, engineer L. Pétroff). Detail of the demountable facade and ventilation stanchion. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Alpexpo, trade fair center, Grenoble, 1967–1970 (Jean Prouvé, with architect C. Prouvé, engineer L. Pétroff). Detail of the demountable facade.

Alpexpo, trade fair center, Grenoble, 1967–1970 (Jean Prouvé, with architect C. Prouvé, engineer L. Pétroff). © D. R.