Ana Viladomiu remains Casa Milà's last tenant under fixed-rent contract
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Updated · The Guardian · May 4
Ana Viladomiu remains Casa Milà's last tenant under fixed-rent contract
5 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 4
The 70-year-old writer has lived since 1988 in Gaudí's Barcelona landmark on Passeig de Gràcia, which draws about one million visitors a year.
Her renta antigua lease lets her and separated husband Fernando Amat stay for life; after both die, the not-for-profit foundation managing La Pedrera takes ownership.
Such contracts ended in 1985, though about 100,000 remain in Spain. Viladomiu, the last tenant in any Gaudí building, has published an English-language book, The Last Tenant.
When La Pedrera's last resident leaves, will Gaudí's vision of a 'living building' die with her tenancy?
Is the last tenant in Gaudí's La Pedrera a living treasure or a barrier to its public mission?
How does living inside a world-famous landmark for decades reshape a person's fundamental concept of 'home'?