Jean-Michel Humbert earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Architecture at the National Superior School of Architecture in Nancy. Since 2006, JM has led the design and construction of residential, adaptive re-use, commercial and educational projects. JM founded PlanH in 2012 in Paris. Since August 2021 JM is a Certified Passive House Designer from the Passive House Institue.
APPROCHE
Believing that architecture is a humanistic approach that considers not only a client’s needs and site considerations, but also the cultural and economic environment, solutions are realized that are contextual, yet conceptual and visionary in their intent, effect, and appeal. Projects emphasize conceptual experience by creating environments that are both socially responsive and aesthetically progressive. The forces of volumetric landscapes, material integrity, and the sculpting of natural light, as well as the purity of spatial volumes, create solutions to pragmatic requirements of the client, constructability, and context.
OUR DESIGN VALUES
A significant work of architecture expresses its purpose via physical solutions. As with any form of design, in architecture artful solutions are the goals to be sought. With PLAN H, these solutions are frequently inspired by the following values, which find physical expression in ways directly related to the particular client, program, and design problem. We have outlined these key values time and again, only to revisit and tweak them ever so slightly. These are the ideas that tie our projects together under the ‘PLAN H’ umbrella. The presence of one or more of these elements is what creates our signature – our indelible mark in the book of design.