About

Hi, I’m Rémy, a software engineer with a deep interest in housing and the built environment.

It started with videos, then became hands-on through participatory building projects (including Twiza), and later grew through reading. I’m drawn to ecological housing, low-tech approaches, architecture, and especially traditional/old buildings and the knowledge they carry.

I wrote Foundation to project myself into the kind of home I’d like to live in—gathering ideas, aspirations, and lived experience to imagine a place that feels right. But Usso also comes from a very practical observation: many homes come with a constant stream of small recurring maintenance tasks—daily gestures, adjustments, cleaning—that often feel unnecessary. Not because people live “wrong”, but because some details seem designed in a way that creates mental load.

Usso grew from a desire to question that status quo. To look at how things were done in older buildings, to observe what is emerging today, and above all to return to what matters most: use. The idea is straightforward: when we design from the way a place is actually lived, we can often remove a share of needless upkeep, reduce everyday friction, and create calmer spaces—where use comes before appearance, and care becomes lighter.

This site shares concepts and directions, not finished constructions yet. I want to be transparent: this is a space to explore, structure, and document. Maybe part of it—or all of it—will be built one day. Time will tell.

If you’d like to reach out, there will be a contact form (or an email) soon.