About
A singular journey, a global approach.
BAUMA grew out of Félix Droin’s wish to put his skills and experience at the service of living and working spaces that are more comfortable, more self-sufficient and better adapted to their environment.
After a CAP and BEP in electrotechnics, Félix takes an unconventional path. A farmer in Venasque, he grows chickpeas and einkorn wheat, processes his harvest and opens a restaurant in the heart of his farm. A place that runs on its own, with no connection to the water or electricity grids. There he comes up with his first global solutions: pumping from a well, automation, solar energy…
In 2022, facing drought and heatwaves, he decides to rethink his own home. In Saint-Didier, he designs and builds his timber-frame house, carrying out most of the work himself: structure, insulation, electrics, plumbing, heating, heat pump, heated and cooled walls, solar panels and home automation.
This experience becomes the foundation of his approach: thinking of the building as a whole, working on its thermal mass and insulation, combining energies and technologies to make the most of natural resources.
Today, with BAUMA, Félix puts this vision and his skills at the service of a wide variety of projects. From the family home to commercial buildings, from small production units to farms, he supports private and professional clients in designing and delivering tailor-made solutions. Thermal comfort, energy and water management, equipment automation: each job starts from the real needs of the place and of the people who use it, in order to design coherent, durable installations suited to their environment.