From October 10 to 19, 2025, the “Living in Wood” events return to Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to introduce the general public to the multiple ways of living in wood. Houses, extensions, renovations or developments: nearly 30 visits and open days will allow everyone to get inspired, exchange with passionate professionals and imagine their future sustainable project.
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Imagine a material five times lighter than masonry, but just as strong. Wood allows for simplified foundations, extensions without heavy work, and, thanks to its prefabrication in the workshop, construction sites twice as quick and clean. It even authorizes tall constructions, like the Albizzia projectin Lyon.
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Albizzia is the first block with a wooden structure in the La Confluence district of Lyon. It is an operation made up of four buildings including a “high-rise building” of 16 floors (53 m). • ©Daniel pajonk, FTV
Naturally insulating, it keeps heat in winter and protects from outside noise, while giving rooms a soft and enveloping atmosphere. In expansion projects, it even offers significant space savings by directly integrating the insulation into its structure.
Much more than chalets
If we often think of the traditional chalet, the different sites to visit during the “Living in Wood” meetings prove that there are no limits to style: contemporary lines, solid CLT panels, collective housing, self-construction… Wood can do everything and adapts to all architectural desires.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to discover solutions for an even greener home: wood fiber insulation, heating with logs or pellets, and other innovations to make everyday life more economical and pleasant.
Inspiring encounters
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Visit to Fay-sur-Lignon (43) to a house-workshop for a potter. Extension in local wood on October 10, 2025 • © Yohan Fagué -Fibpis AuRA.
During the visits, architects, craftsmen, project managers and builders share their know-how and tips. These days are moments to ask questions, understand new techniques, and why not leave with the desire – and the contacts – to launch your own wood project.
The key figures for wooden construction in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- 1st French region for the number of wooden houses built
- 341 companies of wood construction, including 276 with more than 10 years of experience
- 4,874 employees in these companies
- 365 M€ HT of turnover
- 38% of companies plan to invest in the short term
- 51% plan to hire in 2025
- 51% buy from French sawmills
- 53% respond to customer requests for 100% French wood
- Represents 18% French companies in the sector and 16,5% You CA National
- 7,4% wooden housing compared to 6.6% nationally
- 1,470 individual houses, 1,535 collective housing units, 1,375 raised extensions
- Extension-raising market expected to increase by 14% in 2025
A meeting that goes beyond regional borders
Born in Pays-de-la-Loire and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Habiter Bois has transformed into a national event, now present in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, Brittany, Île-de-France, Centre-Val de Loire, Hauts-de-France and Normandy.
In resonance with everyday architecture
In parallel, Fibois AuRA joins forces this year with National Architecture Days from October 16 to 19, around the theme Everyday architecture. An ideal moment to show that wood is not limited to aesthetics, but that it fits into our lives, our homes and our urban landscapes with elegance and durability.