page_title: Eugenio Gentili Tedeschi
section_title: Public buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Eugenio Gentili Tedeschi / Architect / Public buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: The library at the University of Pavia. Image shows the interior of the restored refectory and annex of the the Monastery of San Felice in Pavia, converted to a library at the university's school of engineering.
context_page_description: Eugenio Gentili Tedeschi was an Italian architect, designer, teacher and writer active in Italian building and product design from the 1940s until his death in 2005. Through his popular lectures while professor of design at Milan Politecnico and through his numerous books, he influenced many of the designers and architects working in Italy and abroad today. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation have recognized Gentili for his actions in the Italian Resistance in the Val d'Aosta during World War 2. His architectural legacy in the form of buildings can be seen in Milan and elsewhere in Italy today.
context_section_description: Heichal David u-Mordechai Synagogue - The original synagogue on via Guastalla was heavily damaged during the bombardments of Milan 1940-44, which had completely destroyed the interior, leaving only the facade. In 1946 the Jewish community of Milan opened a competition to Jewish architects, for the reconstruction of the building. The first prize was shared by Gentili and Manfredi d'Urbino. Under Gentili's management, the synagogue was rebuilt between 1951 and 1953.
  Porta Garibaldi Station - In 1957 the Italian Railways and the City of Milan announced an architectural competition for the design of a new railway station in the location of Porta Garibaldi. Gentili, with a team that included  Giulio Minoletti and Mario Tevarotto, tied for first prize for their design with the Roman architectural firm, Bonamico, F.&G. Gigli and Janicelli). The two teams together developed the project for the new station, which was based mostly on the Milanese scheme. The station was completed in 1963. 
  Italfarmaco complex - This project won the IN-ARCH prize (Istituto Nazionale di Architettura) in 1963. In the influential Italian design magazine, DOMUS in 1963, Gio’ Ponti praised the Italfarmaco project for its daring use of space, singling out the exterior spiral staircase for special praise: "The elevations of these stairs, their clarity and sharpness, their structural elegance, their design and "lines" encapsulate the values of this architecture, and in turn represent the values of Gentili's oeuvre as architect."
  LASA (Laboratorio Acceleratori Superconduttività Applicata) - The LASA building was commissioned by the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics as a new center for scientific research capable of containing a large cyclotron. It was built between 1983 and 1987 in Segrate just outside Milan, on an area owned by the Università degli Studi of Milan. The complex is composed of four connecting volumes that are of varying dimensions and heights: the office building with a square plan layout, the large hangar for the cyclotron and its control areas, the mechanical building and the workshop.
  L.I.T.A. (Laboratorio Interdisciplinare di Tecnologie Avanzate) - L.I.T.A. was commissioned by the Università degli Studi of Milan as a 24,000 square meter center for research and teaching of bio-medical sciences. It was built between 1987 and 1995 in Segrate, on an area adjacent LASA.
  Orfanotrofio San Felice - The Monastery of San Felice (15-19th centuries), a monumental complex in the historic center of Pavia, which had been converted to an orphanage in the 18th century, was restored by E. Gentili Tedeschi, G.Calzà, A.Savio Architect Associate in three phases from 1993 to 1999: restoration of the refectory and its annex, which became the library; reconfiguration of the three main wings and the main courtyard; and new construction around the east courtyard. Today the building is the seat of the Economics and Philosophy faculties of the University of Pavia, containing classrooms, libraries and offices.
  Towards the end of the 1990s the Studio Associato (Tedeschi with architects Gianni Calzà and Andrea Savio) began the restoration of vintage movie theaters in Milan. A few historic ones, like the Ducale, Excelsior, Mignon and Arcobaleno in the center of Milan were transformed into multiplexes through respectful redesign that allows the classic structures to retain their original historic features.
caption: The former refectory of the Monastery of San Felice in Pavia, now part of the University of Pavia, school of engineering.
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