With more than a third contribution to total global emissions, the building sector is seeking pathways to adapt to energy efficient systems and circularity. Holding great promise, the revival of vernacular construction in timber with its techno-ecological focus has been an area of emphasis in the Climate Change discourse. But quite the inverse is observed in the extended geography of study, in the fast-urbanizing Middle Himalayas. The formerly predominant timber construction is diminishing in comparison to the use of energy intensive contemporary materials. This is despite an acknowledged preference for timber and access to a community forest with traditional timber rights as a prospect for circularity, and a tradition of timber craftsmanship among the residents. This paradoxical phenomenon requires us to rethink our approach. Through empirical methods based on a field study in Shanag, Kullu Valley in the Western Himalayas, this paper traces the socio-spatial intra-action of the material. By identifying the close relation and importantly the intricacies of the relation between materiality and socio-spatial refiguration it demonstrates the potential it has in leveraging synergetic alternative pathways..