He s staying now in Japan for about six months in order to do another internship in a Tokyo architecture office. Lionel Jacquod achieved his maturity in Porrentruy in 1991 and is also studying architecture in Zuerich since then. He equally regularly works on archeological sites. One part is the analysis of traditional wood construction, especially in vernacular architecture, the second part focuses on contemporary wood architecture, on what is done and can be done and perhaps will be done by architects today, and the last most important part is a discussion with Japanese architects on wood in architecture today and its relation to the Japanese building tradition. The question is given little attention in the Asian world of today.
Wood is an economically competitive, ecologically sound and sustainable building material.
Over the centuries, local populations have developed astonishingly well functioning techniques in wood construction, solutions that are always optimal with regards to local climate, economic conditions and social needs. In fact, we think it is possible, in some extent, to extrapolate a social condition from traditional architecture. In Asia, in the future, a lot can be done with wood locally, rather than exporting it to Western countries. The populations will have a chance to keep a part of his identity with and through architecture. Only Japan has a so strongly introduced traditional values into contemporary life, it is the best example we ca find in Asia.