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Excellence course of the Doctoral School of Politecnico di Torino
Challenges in the preservation of the architectural heritage of the 20th century: themes and experiences
Excellence Course - Challenges in the preservation of the architectural heritage of the 20th century: themes and experiences
Excellence course of the Doctoral School of the Politecnico di Torino, organized in collaboration with the KIM Getty project. See the attached poster.
IWSS2020 and virtual tour
1st Italian Workshop of Shell and Spatial Structures (IWSS 2020) and virtual tour of Nervi's halls of Torino Esposizioni
IABSE Symposium Wroclaw 2020
Prof. Rosario Ceravolo will deliver a keynote on condition assessment and conservation of iconic concrete structures at the annual Symposium of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), to be held in Wroclaw on 7-9 October 2020.
Preliminary building inspection
A few days ago the group, together with the industrial partners of the KIM project, completed the preliminary site visit of the Pier Luigi Nervi's halls. The survey is the baseline of the experimental activities that will be carried out in the near future.
Summer School
We are organizing an International Summer School entitled "The natural form of concrete – Analysis and testing on Nervi’s Ferrocemento" to be held at Politecnico di Torino in mid June 2021 for MSc and PhD students of engineering, architecture and pertinent disciplines.
Invited lecture - University of Cambridge
Dr. Erica Lenticchia was invited to give a lecture by the Structures Research Group, University of Cambridge.
Additional information are available at: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/135553
Invited Seminar - “Restaurare il cemento: materia e struttura/Restaurer Les bétons: matière et structure”
Prof. Rosario Ceravolo presented the Keeping It Modern project on Torino Esposizioni at the meeting “Restaurare il cemento: materia e struttura/Restaurer Les bétons: matière et structure” organized by the ClusterLab HEMODERN of Università Iuav di Venezia with ICOMOS France.
Kickoff event
At 16:00 on September 11, at the Hall of Honour of the Castello del Valentino, the project will be presented at the Polytechnic. The appointment aims to stimulate a discussion, collecting all the useful suggestions for the development of research.