Gian Carlo Malchiodi

Gian Carlo Malchiodi
Born	1917 Milan, Italy
Died	22 september 2015 Milan
Nationality	Italian
Movement	italian rationalism

Gian Carlo Malchiodi (1917 – 2015) was an Italian architect and designer. From 1943 Malchiodi was professor at the University Politecnico of Architecture of Milan.

Life

Gian Carlo Malchiodi was born on 1917 in Piacenza, in Lombardy in northern Italy. Malchiodi graduated from the Milan Polytechnic in Architecture in 1943,in Rome and enrolled in the Order of Architects of Milan in 1944. Malchiodi becoming after a period as an assistant, professor of Architecture at the Polytechnic as early as 1943, and remaining there for over forty years. After an apprenticeship in Gio Ponti's studio, Malchiodi worked for a long time with Ugo Zanchetta for whom he designed and built important buildings.

In 1957 in via Anelli 9 he opened his own studio in Milan dedicating himself to all fields of architecture: residential, subsidized, scholastic, health, industrial and commercial, urban planning and furniture design.

Malchiodi will establish a strong research relationship with Galmanini starting to collaborate with Gio Ponti. Conceptually his works will be influenced by Lucio Fontana and Gualtiero Galmanini.

Malchiodi participates in various exhibitions including the 10th Milan Triennale in 1954, the 11th Milan Triennale in 1957 and the 12th Milan Triennale in 1960.

He will open his studio in Via Anelli 9 in Milan, to admire his masterpieces in the area in 1957 every day.

Prof. Malchiodi died on 21 September 2015 in Milan.

Works

Among his best known works are the buildings in Milan in the Quadronno district, such as Via Luigi Anelli 7, Viale Angelo Filippetti 3, Piazza Velasca 8-10, Via Pantano 2-4, Via Luigi Anelli 9 adjacent to the Palazzo di Viale Beatrice d'Este 23 of the archistar Gualtiero Galmanini, Via Luigi Anelli 13, Corso di Porta Vigentina 33–35 and Via Cassolo 6.

Exhibitions

• X Triennale di Milano, 1954
• XI Milan Triennale, 1957
• XII Triennale di Milano, 1960

Bibliography

• Ugo La Pietra, Gian Carlo Malchiodi architetto, Ed. Prearo editore, 2007
• Irene De Guttry, ‎M. P. Maino, Il mobile italiano degli anni Quaranta e Cinquanta - Pagina 295, 1992
• Marco Biraghi, ‎Silvia Micheli, ‎Gabriella Lo Ricco, Guida all'architettura di Milano 1954-2015, 2015
• Politecnico di Milano ANNUARIO, Ed. Di Baio Editore, p. 587, ISBN 9788870805208
• Carlo Perogalli, Case ad appartamenti in Italia, 1959
• Lorenzo Degli Esposti, MCM – Milan, Capital of the Modern, 2021, pp. 54
• Anty Pansera, Il design del mobile italiano dal 1946 a oggi, 1990
• Domus - Edizioni 332-337, 1957
• Anty Pansera, Storia del disegno industriale italiano, 1993, p. 143
• Anty Pansera, Design finlandese: la collezione Mangano - Pagina 42, 2006
• Konrad Gatz, ‎Gerhard Achterberg, Colour and Architecture - Pagina 49, 1966
• Giuliana Gramigna, ‎Sergio Mazza, A century of Milanese architecture from Cordusio to Bicocca, 2001
• Agnoldomenico Pica, Architettura moderna in Milano: guida - Pagina 48, 1964
• Paolo Nestler, Architettura moderna in Italia: - Pagina 79, 1954
• Aujourd'hui: art et architecture - Volumi 11-15, 1957

Other websites

• Malchiodi, Gian Carlo Beni Culturali
• Malchiodi, Gian Carlo Italian National Heritage
• Malchiodi, Gian Carlo