The Rhetoric of Pier Luigi Nervi: Forms in reinforced concrete and ferro-cement [Hardcover]

During his long career, Pier Luigi Nervi has explored the potential of concrete through the cast-in-place and the prefabrication of elements in reinforced concrete or in ferrocement, a material he invented and patented during the war. All of his best known works such as the Stadium in Florence, the hangars built in Orivieto, Orbetello and Torre del Lago Puccini, the Halls of the Palazzo di Torino Esposizioni in Turin, the Unesco buildings in Paris, the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome and the Aula per le Udienze in the Vatican represent an important chapter in the history of twentieth century architecture, structure and construction. Nervis passion for concrete and formwork manufacturing process is examined in a systematic manner within the volume. The authors illustrate Nervis creative process through the examination of unpublished designs, drawings, specifications, building sites pictures and correspondence with colleagues and collaborators.

Technical inventions and building site economies: Sidero-cemento, a reinforced concrete  Hyperstatic trusses for roofs and bridges  Reinforced masonry made out of cement-brick blocks  Saw-tooth roofs and skeletons for factories  Invisible cantilevered structures over a void / The Stadio Berta and the nature of form: The daring grandstand roof  The first stage of work  Liquid mud and the stadium building site  Bare or clad structure  Construction of the uncovered stands  Construction defects and inspection of the grandstand roof  The Torre di Maratona and the Monumento alla Bandiera, obelisks to fascism  Spiral staircases in the shape of fasces  Curved stands with entrances, or archaic concrete  Building site of the completion  A work of brutal engineering  Cracks in the stadium and Brunelleschis dome / Reticular structures for the regime: Modern shapes and romanit?  Designs for aircraft hangars with an expressive nature  The Orvieto hangars or the power of hyperstatic fasces  Underground anti-lSz