A ‘poet in concrete’: structure, fabrication and aesthetics in the work of Pier Luigi Nervi

• Thomas Leslie ^[1]
  1. [1] Iowa State University

     Iowa State University

     Township of Franklin, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Structural Engineer: journal of the Institution of Structural Engineer, ISSN 1466-5123, Vol. 97, Nº. 8, 2019, págs. 8-13
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this paper adapted from his 2019 James Sutherland History Lecture, Professor Thomas Leslie explores the aesthetic philosophy of Italian engineer Pier Luigi Nervi. Leslie shows how Nervi negotiated structural and fabricational ‘truths’ to create works that celebrated the constraints that he practised within, earning acclaim as a ‘poet in concrete’.