For the stables, Figueras enlisted the Argentinean architect Juan Ignacio Ramos to execute his grand vision.Outside Buenos Aires,Juan Ignacio Ramos design new stables for the polo player's 44 ponies.
Figueras acquired the land for the stables in 2005, began construction in 2013, and moved the horses in three years later. Figueras’s favorite room in the stables is the tack room, which is filled with saddles, bridles, mallets, boots, helmets, trophies, and books.
Beyond its singular purpose, Figueras’s building is remarkable for its modern design sense and how seamlessly it interacts with the environment around it. With its grass-covered roof on which the ponies graze, unaware that their pens are just below them, the 38,750-square-foot structure is nearly unnoticeable to the naked eye.
- Architect: Juan Ignacio Ramos
- Photos: Oberto Gili
- Words: Derek Blasberg