A cinema in Milan dating back to the beginning of the last century lives a fourth life, designed by deamicisarchitetti studio. Interpreting the original spaces and merging them to the lexicon of the present was the key of the project, perfectly inserted in the wedge of the urban redevelopment of the former railway yard of Porta Romana, of which Piazzale Lodi is the Eastern terminal. In order to fully understand deamicisarchitetti’s novel vision of this area, it is necessary to investigate the history of the subject of the project, namely the former Cinema Maestoso. Built in 1912, then expanded in 1939 under the name of Cinema Italia Teatro, and finally renovated by the current owner Italcine in 1975, which renamed it Cinema Maestoso, the structure remained active until 2007. On that date, the profound transformations of the world of cinematography also impacted the halls of Cinema Maestoso, determining its definitive closure. Seventeen years later, it was Italcine itself to decide its reopening, but with a new intended use and configuration of architecture and design. Everything has been taken care of by deamicisarchitetti studio, which, observing the past of the place, has preserved those aspects that still today can speak to the new guests of the former Cinema Maestoso.