Flaminio Stadium by Pier Luigi and Antonio Nervi. Significant step for its renovation

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Team
The team, including specialists and scholars from SAPIENZA University of Rome, the Pier Luigi Nervi Project Association and Do.Co.Mo.Mo. Italy, is composed by:
Project Leader : Francesco Romeo, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome.
Project Coordinator : Elisabetta Margiotta Nervi, Secretary General Pier Luigi Nervi Project Association, Brussels.
Team. Sapienza University of Rome
- Francesca Romana Castelli, Architect, PhD, coordinator of QART, Laboratory for the Study of Contemporary Rome of the Department of Architecture and Design, DiAP.
- Jacopo Ciambella, Electronic Engineer, Assistant Professor in Structural Mechanics, DISG.
- Maurizio Giodice, Architect, PhD Student, DISG.
- Egidio Lofrano, Civil Engineer, Post-doc fellowship, DISG.
- Achille Paolone, Civil Engineer, Full Professor in Structural Mechanics, DISG.
- Francesco Romeo, Civil Engineer, Associate Professor in Structural Mechanics, DISG.
- Piero Ostilio Rossi, Architect, Full Professor in Architectural and Urban Design, DIAP.
- Consultants : Saverio Andreani, Nuclear Engineer, M&E Expert, Matteo Simione, Architect, BIM Expert.
PLN Project Association, team
- Cristiana Chiorino, Architect, PhD, Scientific Advisor for Heritage Conservation, PLN Project Association.
- Thomas Leslie, Architect, Morrill Professor in Architecture, Pickard Chilton Professor in Architecture, Director of Graduate Education, Dept. of Architecture Iowa State University.
- Elisabetta Margiotta Nervi, Art Historian, Secretary General of PLN Project Association.
- Consultant : Domenico De Masi, Sociologist, Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Work at Sapienza University of Rome.

Pier Luigi Nervi

Pier Luigi Nervi (Sondrio, 21 June 1891 – Roma, 9 January 1979) was one of the world’s leading exponents of structural architecture. His work was vital to presenting the world with an image of a modern and competitive Italy that was both creative and technologically advanced. In the vein of classical architects, Nervi was both a designer and a builder. He was known primarily for his use of reinforced concrete and his skill for verifying design intuitions using scale models; he was also a genius at exploiting the compositional freedoms afforded by the use of prefabricated elements.

Constantly attentive toward the relationship between structure and form, working with the concept of ‘resistance by form’, every part of his structures was rigorously based on the internal forces it was subjected to, clearly manifesting its role in the overall design. Nervi also focused on economic issues, which he considered an opportunity for adopting ever more innovative technologies and highly specialised labour, despite the presence of only a few rudimental materials and resources.
 
Pier Luigi Nervi was one of the leading figures of the post-war Italian economic miracle. From this period onward he designed and built some of the most extraordinary industrial and civil buildings (the Turin Exhibition, the Pirelli Skyscraper in Milan with Gio Ponti, the Papal Audience Hall at Vatican City) and exhibition and sports facilities, in particular for the 1960 Rome Olympics.
 
During the 1950s he became the most internationally recognised Italian designer, completing prestigious projects in Europe (UNESCO Headquarters in Paris with Bernard Zehrfuss and Marcel Breuer), North and South America (George Washington Bridge Bus Station in New York, St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, the Tour de la Bourse in Montréal, the Italian Embassy in Brasilia, etc.) and Australia (the Australia Square Tower in Sydney).
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