Fondazione Sozzani hosts Micaela Antonucci and Gabriele Neri, who presents Pier Luigi Nervi in Africa: evoluzione e dissoluzione dello studio Nervi 1964-1980 published by Quidlibet.
Of the many stories written so far about Pier Luigi Nervi, one of the most famous engineers and architects of the 20th century, Africa has remained a totally unexplored context. Yet, between 1964 and 1980, Studio Nervi developed a dense network of contacts on this continent, leading to the group’s involvement in almost forty projects. There are buildings that were constructed (among the most significant are the Good Hope Centre in Cape Town, the headquarters of the Banque Africaine de Développement in Abidjan, and the presidential chapel in Yamoussoukro), but also many initiatives that, although they remained on paper, reveal a surprising mosaic of relationships with a wide variety of clients in South Africa, Ivory Coast, Libya, Congo, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Tanzania, and Algeria.
book presentation
Wednesday October 5th at 6:30PM
with Micaela Antonucci, author
Gabriele Neri, author
Micaela Antonucci(Rome, 1973) is an associate professor of History of Architecture and a member of the doctoral program in Architecture at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. In 2020, she was a David and Julie Tobey Fellow at I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Since 2010, she has dedicated several research projects to the work of Pier Luigi Nervi—in collaboration with national and international universities and institutes—the results of which have been published in numerous articles and monographs. Between 2014 and 2016, she curated two international exhibitions on sports architecture designed by Pier Luigi Nervi and his studio.
Gabriele Neri (Milan, 1982) is an architectural historian, architect, and curator. He is currently a researcher at the Polytechnic University of Turin. He has been teaching history of architecture and design at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio since 2012. He taught at the Polytechnic University of Milan from 2011 to 2022. In 2022, he was a Weinberg Fellow in Architectural History and Preservation at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University, NY. From 2018 to 2021, he was a member of the board of directors of the Triennale Milano Design Museum Foundation. In addition to editing the new editions of Nervi’s writings, he is the author of Capolavori in miniatura. Pier Luigi Nervi e la modellazione strutturale (MAP-Silvana, 2014).
Micaela Antonucci(Rome, 1973) is an associate professor of History of Architecture and a member of the doctoral program in Architecture at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. In 2020, she was a David and Julie Tobey Fellow at I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Since 2010, she has dedicated several research projects to the work of Pier Luigi Nervi—in collaboration with national and international universities and institutes—the results of which have been published in numerous articles and monographs. Between 2014 and 2016, she curated two international exhibitions on sports architecture designed by Pier Luigi Nervi and his studio.
Gabriele Neri (Milan, 1982) is an architectural historian, architect, and curator. He is currently a researcher at the Polytechnic University of Turin. He has been teaching history of architecture and design at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio since 2012. He taught at the Polytechnic University of Milan from 2011 to 2022. In 2022, he was a Weinberg Fellow in Architectural History and Preservation at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University, NY. From 2018 to 2021, he was a member of the board of directors of the Triennale Milano Design Museum Foundation. In addition to editing the new editions of Nervi’s writings, he is the author of Capolavori in miniatura. Pier Luigi Nervi e la modellazione strutturale (MAP-Silvana, 2014).
Fondazione Sozzani hosts Micaela Antonucci and Gabriele Neri, who presents Pier Luigi Nervi in Africa: evoluzione e dissoluzione dello studio Nervi 1964-1980 published by Quidlibet.
Of the many stories written so far about Pier Luigi Nervi, one of the most famous engineers and architects of the 20th century, Africa has remained a totally unexplored context. Yet, between 1964 and 1980, Studio Nervi developed a dense network of contacts on this continent, leading to the group’s involvement in almost forty projects. There are buildings that were constructed (among the most significant are the Good Hope Centre in Cape Town, the headquarters of the Banque Africaine de Développement in Abidjan, and the presidential chapel in Yamoussoukro), but also many initiatives that, although they remained on paper, reveal a surprising mosaic of relationships with a wide variety of clients in South Africa, Ivory Coast, Libya, Congo, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Tanzania, and Algeria.
book presentation
Wednesday October 5th at 6:30PM
with Micaela Antonucci, author
Gabriele Neri, author
Micaela Antonucci(Rome, 1973) is an associate professor of History of Architecture and a member of the doctoral program in Architecture at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. In 2020, she was a David and Julie Tobey Fellow at I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Since 2010, she has dedicated several research projects to the work of Pier Luigi Nervi—in collaboration with national and international universities and institutes—the results of which have been published in numerous articles and monographs. Between 2014 and 2016, she curated two international exhibitions on sports architecture designed by Pier Luigi Nervi and his studio.
Gabriele Neri (Milan, 1982) is an architectural historian, architect, and curator. He is currently a researcher at the Polytechnic University of Turin. He has been teaching history of architecture and design at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio since 2012. He taught at the Polytechnic University of Milan from 2011 to 2022. In 2022, he was a Weinberg Fellow in Architectural History and Preservation at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University, NY. From 2018 to 2021, he was a member of the board of directors of the Triennale Milano Design Museum Foundation. In addition to editing the new editions of Nervi’s writings, he is the author of Capolavori in miniatura. Pier Luigi Nervi e la modellazione strutturale (MAP-Silvana, 2014).
Micaela Antonucci(Rome, 1973) is an associate professor of History of Architecture and a member of the doctoral program in Architecture at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna. In 2020, she was a David and Julie Tobey Fellow at I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Since 2010, she has dedicated several research projects to the work of Pier Luigi Nervi—in collaboration with national and international universities and institutes—the results of which have been published in numerous articles and monographs. Between 2014 and 2016, she curated two international exhibitions on sports architecture designed by Pier Luigi Nervi and his studio.
Gabriele Neri (Milan, 1982) is an architectural historian, architect, and curator. He is currently a researcher at the Polytechnic University of Turin. He has been teaching history of architecture and design at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio since 2012. He taught at the Polytechnic University of Milan from 2011 to 2022. In 2022, he was a Weinberg Fellow in Architectural History and Preservation at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University, NY. From 2018 to 2021, he was a member of the board of directors of the Triennale Milano Design Museum Foundation. In addition to editing the new editions of Nervi’s writings, he is the author of Capolavori in miniatura. Pier Luigi Nervi e la modellazione strutturale (MAP-Silvana, 2014).