Luckily for French gallery owner Patrick Seguin, his collection of buzzy, prefabricated homes by midcentury icon Jean Prouvé make packing a relative cinch. So lately, when a design or art fair appears on the horizon, the question is no longer will he bring a Prouvé house, it is simply, “Which one?”

For Design Miami/Basel in Switzerland this week, Seguin settled on the 6x6 Demountable House. But this time, it was not actually made by Prouvé. Devised in 1944 as disaster relief for war victims in Lorraine, France, the wood-and-metal design could be erected by two people in just one day. Now, Prouvé’s plans have been reinterpreted by Ivan Harbour from the British architecture firm, Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners for a situation of a rather different tune: the holiday retreat. With the addition of a bathroom and kitchen, as well as hot water and solar-powered electricity, Harbour has outfitted the house as a shelter for the adventurous weekender with a serious case of wanderlust.

Click here to watch the assembly.

Through June 21 at Design Miami/Basel; designmiamiom

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