Discovering the unused potential of woodWood is usually perceived as a traditional material However its properties make it possible to design complex origami ribbed and fabric structures The wood laboratory of the EPF Lausanne is testing the research results in prototypes which demonstrate the potential applications in large scale timber buildings By exploring the unused potential of wood this book provides an inspiring outlook on a new generation of timber buildings Les proprietes materielles du bois permettent de concevoir des formes libres et des structures eminemment complexes En recourant a des methodes de calcul informatisees I IBOIS de I EPFL experimente la fabrication de structures en origami de coques nervurees de structures tressees et de panneaux courbes Les resultats sont testes sur des prototypes afin d en illustrer les possibilites d application pour des constructions a grande echelle Presents recent research findings from the ETH Lausanne wood construction laboratory Showcases prototypes developed by an interdisciplinary team of structural engineers architects mathematicians and IT specialists