Paris Universal Exhibition 1889 (≈ 1889)
Presentation as demountable ticketing.
1890
Patent of Bibiano Duclos
Patent of Bibiano Duclos 1890 (≈ 1890)
"Developments in demountable constructions" deposited.
1894-1896
Manufacture and installation
Manufacture and installation 1894-1896 (≈ 1895)
Factory exit and laying on the current terrain.
1986
Purchase and catering
Purchase and catering 1986 (≈ 1986)
Acquired by the regional natural park.
26 novembre 2021
Registration for historical monuments
Registration for historical monuments 26 novembre 2021 (≈ 2021)
Partial protection of structure.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The following parts of the iron house, located on Rue Pierreuse, on Parcel No. 790, shown in the cadastre section B02, as delimited by a red border on the plan annexed to the decree: the facades and roofs, as well as the terrace with its guardrail; The entire Duclos constructive system (the millstone piles and metal frame): inscription by decree of 26 November 2021
Key figures
Bibiano Duclos - Engineer and builder
Manufacturer of the system patented in 1890.
Arthur Puig - First private owner
Aceta and installed the house in 1896.
Duc de Luynes - Former landowner
Selled the land to Puig in 1896.
Origin and history
The House of Iron, located on Rue Pierreuse in Dampierre-en-Yvelines (Yvelines), is a modular pavilion in puddled iron designed by the engineer Bibiano Duclos. Presented at the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris as a ticket office, it symbolizes the technological advances of the time with its demountable, light and economical structure. After the exhibition, it was installed on a plot overlooking the valleys of the Yvette and the Ru des Vaux de Cernay, integrated into a landscaped park combining exoticism and romanticism, with an "overseas" flora like cedars and cactia.
The constructive system, patented in 1890 under the name "improvements in demountable and transportable constructions", is based on an iron frame and mill piles. This hygienist model, originally without basement, uses an aerated health vacuum to ensure health. Made between 1894 and 1896 at the Courbevoie plant, it was purchased by Arthur Puig, who installed it in 1896 on his land acquired from the Duke of Luynes. Originally inhabited by Puig, it then became a guest house before being abandoned in the 1950s.
Purchased in 1986 by the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park, the Iron House was completely restored and transformed into a stopover for hikers at GR 11. It has been partially listed as historical monuments since November 26, 2021. Its architecture reflects the rise of metal in 19th-century construction, marked by projects such as the Eiffel Tower, and the industrial innovation of the time, with prefabricated metal houses exported as colonial homes.
The historical context of its creation is part of the economic prosperity of the Second Empire, where metal, thanks to the steel industry, revolutionizes infrastructure. Universal exhibitions, like the one of 1889, become showcases of this technical progress. The Iron House, with its galvanized sheet metal structure and modular assembly, embodies this period of transition towards an industrialized, light and transportable architecture, meeting the economic and hygienist needs of the century.
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