Getty Foundation Funds Conservation of Pier Luigi Nervi's Torino Esposizioni
The Getty Foundation's Keeping It Modern initiative has granted €165,000 for a research endeavor focused on Torino Esposizioni, which was designed by Pier Luigi Nervi between 1947 and 1954. This funding is part of the foundation's 2019 budget, which exceeds $1.6 million and has supported 64 conservation projects since 2014. The project is led by the Politecnico di Torino and Professor Rosario Ceravolo, with collaboration from IUAV di Venezia, the University of Miami, and other institutions. The research aims to evaluate the building’s structural integrity and seismic performance for future upkeep. Originally intended for the Salone Internazionale dell'Automobile and later utilized during the 2006 Winter Olympics, Torino Esposizioni is slated for restoration as a library archive within the Parco del Valentino redevelopment. Additional 2019 projects are located in Indiana, Argentina, Uganda, Mozambique, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Spain, and France.
Key facts
- Getty Foundation's Keeping It Modern program awarded €165,000 for Torino Esposizioni conservation research.
- Total 2019 allocation exceeds $1.6 million.
- 64 projects supported since program inception in 2014.
- Project led by Politecnico di Torino, coordinated by Professor Rosario Ceravolo.
- Partners include IUAV di Venezia, University of Miami, City of Turin, and Pier Luigi Nervi Project.
- Torino Esposizioni designed by Pier Luigi Nervi (1947-1954), first large-scale use of ferrocement with prefabricated elements.
- Building hosted 2006 Winter Olympics events, now in disuse.
- City of Turin plans to convert it into library archives and Central Civic Library.
- Other 2019 beneficiaries include works by Eero Saarinen, Ernst May, Eileen Gray, and others.
Entities
Artists
- Pier Luigi Nervi
- Eero Saarinen
- Gio Ponti
- Giancarlo De Carlo
- Osvaldo Bidinost
- Jorge Chute
- José Gassó
- Mabel Lapacó
- Martín Meyer
- Ernst May
- Paulo de Melo Sampaio
- João A. Garizo do Carmo
- Francisco José de Castro
- Georgi Stoilov
- Eileen Gray
- Ettore Sottsass
Institutions
- Getty Foundation
- Politecnico di Torino
- IUAV di Venezia
- University of Miami
- City of Turin
- Pier Luigi Nervi Project
- Indianapolis Museum of Art
- Universidade do Minho
- Kaunas University of Technology
- Universidad Laboral de Cheste
- Artribune
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States
- Turin
- Italy
- Rome
- Urbino
- Venice
- Miami
- Indiana
- Córdoba
- Argentina
- Kampala
- Uganda
- Beira
- Mozambique
- Bulgaria
- Lithuania
- Cheste
- Spain
- Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
- France