Through their experiments with materials, a construction-based way of thinking, and typologies that relate to the specific context, Joud Beaudoin Architectes develop hybrid construction methods. In the Plaines-du-Loup district centre this approach is illustrated by a combination of rammed earth, hempcrete, and wood to create a whole that can breathe and looks homogenous. An interstitial space in the shape of a cross functions as distributor, climate buffer, and the location of programmatic synergies. In Versoix what seemed like a restriction imposed by Geneva’s strict housing policy led to a spatial concept that can be used flexibly and to a hybrid structure made of concrete, bricks and hempcrete. For the Malley heating plant they are developing a functional hybrid that uses waste heat for a publicly owned greenhouse and that overlays timber and steel construction systems. These projects show how vernacular materials can be used in contemporary, urban construction methods.