on display at the Museum of the XXI century in Rome until March 20, 2011 an exhibition dedicated to the great Pier Luigi Nervi .
"From cement to cement Nervi Zaha " is the title of the exhibition presents a comprehensive study on the works of the artist who, throughout his career, he focused mainly on large structures. An exhibition also celebrates the magnificence and talent of art made in Italy since Nervi was a vehicle of transmission of the image at the same time scientific and creative Italian art.
a chapter of the exhibition is devoted to the so-called " nervous system" that characterizes the works for Rome '60, built in record time and economics, wanting to maintain an' aesthetic accuracy. Decisive for this' s use of "ferrocement" thin layer of concrete that allows you to shape any form, invented during the war with materials poveri.In also shows the original records of some of the more than 40 patents filed by the Italian (including which the ferrocement and precast structural trademarks of nerves), a large plastic-game that says, simulating all phases of construction, the nervous system, a large map of Rome on which you can design an itinerary to the architecture of nerves.
the routes planned from January 15