An animation based on a quote eulogizing Samuel Mockbee (1944 – 2001), architect and philanthropist who co-founded the Rural Studio, which continues to engage students at Auburn University to design and build homes for the residents of Hale County, Alabama.

Quote from Robert Ivy: “When Sam Mockbee died, somewhere down South a tree fell—big as an oak, a 57-year marvel in its own place, it drew sustenance from generations of loam and deep water, weathered storms and bent and grew broad, threw off shade and color for all that came and sat beneath it, sheltered all comers, an elemental force that rained out new growth, and, on December 30, returned to its own soil.”

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