Ignacio Morente bought a dilapidated warehouse and with help from family and friends he built his dream home, complete with an underground bedroom and a buried Roman bath. He had come to Barcelona as a teen playing semi-pro tennis, but an injury had caused him to pivot to architecture.
His goal was to create a unique home blending ancient and contemporary aspects in a timeless way. He had noticed a derelict century-old warehouse in the Barcelona-area town where he had been training for tennis, so he decided to transform it into a 4-level oasis home that blends open space and a concealed underground living while preserving as much as possible of the old granary.
