Philip Johnson, Buno Morasutti, Walter Gropius, Aldo Favini
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Angelo Mangiarotti (26 February 1921 – 2 July 2012) was an Italian architect and industrial designer with a reputation built on "never forgetting the real needs of users". He mainly focused on the industrial process for buildings and design production. The main concept in Mangiarotti's architecture was established through the correct use of matter and technique.
Angelo Mangiarotti was born in Milan, Italy in 1929. He was an architect, urban planner and designer whose designs earned him awards in Italy and abroad.
Angelo Mangiarotti graduated from the Architecture School of Politecnico di Milano in 1948. He moved to the United States in 1953 and started working in Chicago as a visiting professor for the Illinois Institute of Technology. During his time at Illinois Institute of Technology, Mangiarotti met Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Konrad Wachsmann, all of whom were instrumental in his personal and professional growth.
Two years later, Mangiarotti returned to Italy and opened his own architectural firm in Milan with Bruno Morassutti. The partnership was active until 1960.
Angelo Mangiarotti taught at Istituto Superiore di Disegno Industriale of Venice (1963–64), University of Hawaii (1970), Ecole Politecnique Fédérale of Losanna (1974), University of Adelaide and South Australian Institute of Technology of Adelaide (1976), Architecture of Palermo (1982), Architecture of Florence (1983) and Architecture of Politecnico di Milano (1989–90).
Major works
The following projects, selected by type, describe the main works of Studio Mangiarotti.
Early projects
Exhibition pavilion for Fiera del Mare. Genova, 1963
Warehouse for ferrous materials. Padova, 1958 (with B. Morassutti and A. Favini)
Mater Misericordiae church. Baranzate, 1957 (with B. Morassutti)
Infrastructure
Projects for "Passante ferroviario" railway system of Milan: Rho-Pero station, 2006; Villapizzone station, 1995; Repubblica and Venezia underground stations, 1992
