@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.1041, 

TITLE={The use of local wood in construction: evolution of tools regarding environmental challenges}, 
  
AUTHOR={David Rodrigues-Soares
, Yannick Sieffert
, Thierry Joffroy, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Archaeology, Society and Environment}, 
	
VOLUME={3}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2023}, 

URL={https://openscience.fr/The-use-of-local-wood-in-construction-evolution-of-tools-regarding-2794}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.1041}, 
	
ISSN={2752-4507}, 
	
ABSTRACT={The proposed paper, resulting from a PhD thesis work on the use of local wood in construction, questions the recent evolution of wood construction practices regarding both the historical evolution of techniques, but also the current challenges of sustainable development. Tools have played a fundamental role in the history of the use of wood in construction. With the appearance of the first tools and their evolution, the methods of harvesting, transformation, assembly will be gradually perfected over the centuries. The industrial era made it possible to automate certain tasks, including harvesting and sawing, shifting knowledge from primary processing to industrial processes. Since the end of the 20th century, this logic has led to a paradigm shift, with the effect of a certain optimization of production chains and more competitiveness, but also losses in terms of know-how and the abandonment of part of the resources. The evolution of timber management, harvesting and processing methods generates environmental impacts that depend on the choices made by each actor in the sector, including architects. The first results observed show that the choices of architects for construction systems, species, their levels of transformation, have a major impact on the feasibility of short circuit projects and on the entire economic, social and environmental fabric. This development appears to some to be inexorable. But while our world is wondering about its future, isn’t it rather time to revisit our objectives and our practices, and in particular to check whether it is the resource that must adapt to the tool or the reverse?}}