Architect DE HMONPProject lead

Dystopia, 2012Aluminium sculpture · Photograph Laïla Hida

A French state-registered architect (DE, HMONP), I have spent more than 15 years building a committed practice around the refurbishment of housing, public buildings and 20th-century heritage.

Shaped by work in France, Morocco and Portugal, my approach pays close attention to context, to how places are used and to the resources already there.

As a project lead in a Paris practice, I design and run transformation projects from first sketch to site, working closely with clients, engineers and contractors. I pay particular attention to everyday quality of use, to spaces that are easy to read and to interventions that last, with an approach that is rigorous, pragmatic and grounded in the realities of delivery.

My work seeks a balance between architectural ambition, control of technical and economic constraints, and quality of construction. I have an affinity for simple, durable materials and for bright, understated, warm atmospheres. Recently trained in material reuse, I want to bring the transformation of resources and the reduction of environmental impact concretely into my projects. This extends a practice already focused on existing buildings, making the most of their potential rather than defaulting to replacement.

I stand for an architecture of everyday life, where comfort, legibility and the rightness of spaces come first, with constant attention to solutions that are appropriate, durable and rooted in their context.