Desire
May, 2014
A young factory worker skilled in black-smithing spends his youth crafting the wrought iron gates, handrails and chandeliers that serve to keep the mansions of Rue Mallet-Stevens private and rarefied. War comes, and his hands are employed to create a portable barracks for the French army. After the war, he's contracted to build refugee housing. Through this experience, the craftsman imagines a future in which he becomes self-taught in the architecture, design and mass production of a prefabric...
