On the occasion of the publication of the book "The Wood That Makes Our Cities", François Leclercq and Paul Laigle, architects and urban planners, Michèle Leloup, journalist, Cyrille Weiner, photographer and editorial director, Jad Hussein, artistic director, Marie-Hélène Contal, director of cultural development, and Serge Gros, architect, teacher and researcher, ex-director of the CAUE in Grenoble, discuss the state of the French forest, the wood sector and its R&D.
A resilient architecture is currently emerging with new generation buildings whose structure and wood frame sequester carbon, thus fulfilling one of the conditions of the ecological transition. Present in the city since ancient times, wood is now developing in cities on a very large scale thanks to innovative technologies that facilitate the implementation of this material. Timber is re-qualifying the building trades at all levels - the sawyer, the processor, the architect and the engineer - and questioning conventional construction methods.
