In 2006-2007, he inspected the residual performance of the wooden structure of the Forbidden City in Beijing[21] In 2017, he collaborated on the construction of the Guiana Space Centre and helped with the characterisation and employment of local wood from the Amazonian forest.[22] In 2019, he used wood to clad the Vortex building, which served as the Olympic village for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne before taking on its present function as student accommodation