50% of all wood cut in France goes unused. This gave Timothée Boitouzet, an architect and the founder of Woodoo, an idea: strengthen it at the molecular level, transforming the wood into a visionary construction material that is durable, translucent, rot-resistant, three times stronger than the original wood and more resistant to fire. In short, an augmented wood that will help to build tomorrow’s denser, carbon-neutral post-hydrocarbon cities.
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The EDF Pulse Awards are the best-renowned prize in the construction sector.
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“The 19th century was the age of iron, the 20th was the age of concrete, and the 21st will be the age of wood,” predicts Timothée Boitouzet. It seems that someone was listening: in 2017, Woodoo won in the ‘Smart City’ category of the EDF Pulse Awards. While he waits to see his augmented wood used in buildings, set to be around ten years from now, he is focusing on the luxury, design, watchmaking and automobile markets. Ultimately, Woodoo wood will allow the construction of towers stretching over 35 storeys high – three times higher than current wood-built buildings.
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2 years
of research at Harvard
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2x
less energy-hungry than concrete, 17 times less than glass and 130 times less than steel
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€7M
Fundraising target for 2018

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The Team
Thimothée Boitouzet
CEO

Dr. Raphaëlle Thévenin
Head R&D Manager

Serge Mouange
Head of Development

Olivier Schmitz
Head of Finance

Patrick Lemaître
Head of Industry

Dr. Olivier Bertrand
Polymer chemist

Dr. Abir Bouledjouidja
Cellulose engineer

Aurélien Arnaud
R&D

Ingrid Eyango
R&D

Camille Fuzier
R&D

4 questions to Woodoo
Where did you get the idea for this startup?

Any recent good news?

In what way does your project revolutionise your category?

In what way does your project revolutionise your category?
