News Archive
Conservation Plan for Nervi's Halls published on the Getty Foundation's Keeping It Modern Report Library
The Turin Exhibition Conservation Plan has been published in the Getty Foundation's Keeping It Modern Report Library (Getty | Keeping it Modern Search). The report can be downloaded at the following link: Turin Exhibition Center Conservation Plan (getty.edu)
International Workshop ReCUBE - call for students
CALL FOR STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP on P.L. Nervi architecture preservation within the Erasmus+ project REcube: REthink, REvive, REuse - Transmitting the knowledge for the green regeneration of the European Concrete Heritage, which aims at teaching a sustainable, integrated and holistic approach to the conservation and renovation of Modern Concrete European Architectural Heritage. Further information is available at: https://www.recube-project.eu/
Interview on The Phair TV
Rosario Ceravolo and Erica Lenticchia in conversation with Roberto Casiraghi, organizer of The Photo Art Fair 2021 exhibition held in Torino Esposizioni. The interview is in Italian and is accessible at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8RmRuoew-s
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.