Who is / What is
Study by Francisco Cifuentes Utrero, Sebastià Martorell Mateo and Maria Razumova, based in Palma (some sources place it in Barcelona; please verify current location). He works with endogenous materials and reinterpreted vernacular techniques: marès, lime mortars, local wood. Cifuentes collaborated in the restoration of Can Lis with Lise Juel.
Featured work
- Remodeling of the Felanitx wine station (2017): preserves masonry walls, hydraulic rajola floors and carpentry; Add lime mortar made in Felanitx, thermoclay blocks and a ventilated cover with 10 cm of natural cork. Photo: José Hevia.
- Felanitx municipal archive (c. 2018).
- Escoleta de Llubí (with Aixopluc — David Tapias, Ricard Pau; competition 2017, work 2021): marès plinth that accumulates the winter sun and structure of pillars and laminated beams of pine and larch with CLT panels.
- House in Bunyola (to verify year).
Relationship with the office
- Marès and stonecutters — basement of Llubí.
- Calciners i forns de calç — Felanitx lime at the oenological station.
- Rajoles hidràuliques — original pavements preserved.
- Fusteria mallorquina — wooden structure in Llubí.
History
- 2015: Europan 13 Palma honorable mention.
- 2016: GOB Alzina Award.
- 2017: first prize in the Llubí escoleta competition; selected BigMat '17 Award.
- 2018: “Peter Davey” special award (AR Emerging Architecture); gold «Best Architects 19» for the wine station.
- 2022: Escoleta de Llubí, Mallorca Architecture Prize 2020-2022 (COAIB) and CSCAE Awards finalist.
Why is indigenous design
Use lime and marès as living materials from the island (produced near the work), not as decoration: Felanitx lime for a building in Felanitx.
For the project
Interview about the local chain of lime and marès; visit to the Llubí school (village of the Llubí artisan school ).
Photos
-  Escoleta de Llubí — © José Hevia
-  Oenological station, Felanitx — © José Hevia
-  Wine station, pergola — © José Hevia
Frequently asked questions
What is Aulets architects?
Study by Francisco Cifuentes Utrero, Sebastià Martorell Mateo and Maria Razumova, based in Palma (some sources place it in Barcelona; please verify current…
Sources
- metalocus.es/es/noticias/acariciada-por-la-brisa-de-mallorca-guarderia-de-llubi-
- metalocus.es/es/noticias/revalorizando-lo-preexistente-remodelacion-de-una-estac
- coaib.org/es/coaib/noticias/DetalleNoticia.aspx?id=14131
- divisare.com/authors/2144762022-aulets-architecture
Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.