What does DadaBhūm mean?

Dada:     is an echo of the artistic movement Dada which invites us to generate change through a playful approach.

Bhūm:   comes from the Sanskrit word Bhūmi, meaning ground, which reminds us to stay rooted.

Architecture presents opportunities for material and sociological transformation and can act as a generator for bridging and creating relationships between the human body, her mental well-being and the physical surroundings of every-day life.

As a multidisciplinary studio, having a firm foundation in hands on crafts and artistic creation I learn from and enhance traditional building techniques with avant-garde innovation in order to create a vibrant, socially and environmentally responsible, future.

Place-making, memory, identity and meaning are central to the design process as I search to create spaces that are conducive to positive human transformation.

Located in Halsou, a village in the French Basque back-country, I work on community level as well as further afar. From hands-on crafts on apartment renovations to long experience in designing big hospitals I feel that work on different scales creates dynamics and is mutual enriching between projects.

The DadaBhum atelier is a place for creativity, energy and peace. I work with advanced software as well as old style sketching, and do mockups for joinery and material.

Please come and visit!