El Croquis Blog — Andreas Ruby

AUTLETS: The Offer of the Land A Conversation with Francisco Cifuentes and Sebastián Martorell Andreas Ruby Text published in El Croquis 235 AUTLETS 2015 2026.     AULETS is an unusual name for an architecture office. It is a Catalan word meaning a young or tender alzineda — a grove of alzines, the holm oaks (Quercus ilex), the emblematic evergreen oaks of the Mediterranean. An aulet is a small, often enclosed, grove of holm oaks either left standing or planted on purpose in a field, allowing livestock —such as sheep, goats, or pigs— to graze under the dense shade away...