Likutei Moharan 266:2/ליקוטי מוהר"ן רס״ו:ב׳

12. In addition, this causes harm to those who work in construction, as our Sages, of blessed memory, said: Someone who engages in building becomes poor (Sotah 11a). This is because the building must be built with wisdom and intelligence, in which case it does not harm him. And then it is right that he build the building—as it is written (Proverbs 24:3, 4), “A house is built with wisdom and is established by understanding; and through knowledge the rooms are filled”— {for he has a place into which to bring the bounty}.

2However, when a person builds without intelligence, he is harmed by it. Therefore, he “becomes poor,” since this is his punishment for blemishing wisdom; for by right he should have built the building with wisdom, as explained above. Thus, his punishment is that he becomes poor, which is the aspect of a blemish of wisdom, the aspect of “The wisdom of the poor man is despised” (Ecclesiastes 9:16).

3Thus, by means of the sukkah, which is the aspect of intelligence, the aspect of “Im you call to Binah,” as explained above—by means of this he is able to build the building, in the aspect of “A house is built with wisdom…,” as explained above.

4This is also the aspect of “Yaakov journeyed to Sukkot and built himself a house” (Genesis, ibid.), as explained above.