The building located in Piazza del Liberty 8 in Milan is an example of architectural grafting, the central portion of the main facade characterized by numerous decorations in cement, marble, and wrought iron in fact comes from another building.
More precisely from the old theater Trianon (1905) located in the nearby Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Demolished after the bombings of 1943 was partly recovered from the rubble and placed as a decoration in the center of a new building signed by architects Catteaneo and Santamaria in 1955.
A case definitely unique in its kind for dimension and complexity in the panorama of post-war reconstruction in Milan. The "old" facade loaded with art nouveau decorations was applied to a complex network of hooks that allowed the fixing of the new building.
After many years it was proposed to intervene with a conservative restoration to preserve the surfaces, decorations, and groups of statues, the studio has supported Aldo Maiocchi's studio in the preliminary stages, in the project itself and in the construction site.
The final result of the intervention brought to light the original beauty of the surfaces hidden under years of dirt and pollutants, giving back to the city one of the examples of plastic decoration that best describes the architectural culture of Milan in the late 19th century.

Private commission
Client: Reale Group
Date: 2019
Localization: Milano
Size: 640 sqm
Program: restoration
Status: realized
Architects: Aldo Maiocchi, Riccardo Nemeth
Realization: Gasparoli restauri
Photo: Jacques Lasserre