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Exhibitions

The studies on the figure of Nervi are also beginning to intensify thanks to exhibitions promoted by the CSAC of the University of Parma and its material from the Nervi Fund. We would like to highlight:

  • Anni Trenta. Arte e cultura in Italia, Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1981: on display, two drawings made by Nervi for the competitions announced for the construction of the Palace of Water and Light and the Pavilion for the E42 Exhibition, as well as a drawing of the Orvieto Hangar.
  • Images et imaginaires d’architecure, CCI, Centre de Création Industrielle, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1984: two photographs by Studio Vasari of the Orvieto and Orbetello hangars were displayed, as well as a drawing of the project for the Palace of Water and Light for E42.
  • Les années 50, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1988: with the presentation of drawings of the Sports Arena in EUR and the Sports Arena in Rome.
  • Firenze Metamorfosi e città, Sala delle Armi, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1997.
  • L’art de l’ingenieur, Galeries Nord et Sud, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1997.

Amongs the most recent exhibitions, we would like to highlight:

  • Pier Luigi Nervi. Luoghi ed emergenze sulle grandi vie di comunicazione, Caste dell’Ovo, Naples 2004
  • Arte in Maremma nella prima metà del Novecento, Palazzo della Provincia, Grosseto 2005
  • Architettura + Sport. Dall’arena antica allo stadio moderno, Architekturumuseum, Munich 2006
  • Costruzioni e sperimentazioni. l’attività del giovane Pier Luigi Nervi, Palazzo Banci Buonamici, Province of Prato, 2008
  • Pier Luigi Nervi. Arte e Scienza del Costruire, an exhibition opened at CIVA in Brussels in June 2010, then re-exhibited in Venice, then at the MAXXI in Rome with an implemented version in 2011, as well as in Turin, Salerno, Mantua and Lausanne.
  • The Marche Polytechnic University participates in the first National Day of Architectural Archives with the exhibition Pier Luigi Nervi. Opere per le Marche, 2011
  • Pier Luigi Nervi. Gli stadi per il calcio, a travelling exhibition dedicated to the work of Pier Luigi Nervi, 2015
  • Pier Luigi Nervi. Architetture per lo sport, Maxxi Foundation, Rome, 2016
  • Architettura come Sfida, a project by Associazione Pier Luigi Nervi Research and Knowledge Management Project (Brussels) and the Nervi Laboratory at the Polytechnic University of Milan (Lecco campus).
  • Co-produced by the Manifattura Tabacchi in partnership with the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the metropolitan city of Florence and the provinces of Pistoia and Prato; the exhibition Pier Luigi Nervi e Firenze, la Struttura della Bellezza, Manifattura Tabacchi, Florence 2021 was organised in 2021.