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‘It’s a world heritage site, but it’s my home’: a long-time resident of Casa Milà on life in Gaudí’s masterwork
Ana Viladomiu has been a ‘privileged’ resident of the once derided, now revered Barcelona apartment building for almost 40 years
TL;DR
- Ana Viladomiu has resided in Antoni Gaudí's Casa Milà for nearly 40 years.
- She is one of two remaining tenants in the building, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site and receives about a million visitors annually.
- Viladomiu lives under a 'renta antigua' fixed-rent contract, a type of agreement no longer issued.
- The building was commissioned by Pedro Milà and Rosario Segimon and completed in 1910.
- The building's management transitioned to a not-for-profit foundation after Caixa Catalunya ceased trading.
- Viladomiu has written a book, 'The Last Tenant', which is described as historical auto-fiction.
- Various notable individuals, including Zaha Hadid and Jean Paul Gaultier, have visited her apartment.