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Arma di costruzione di massa : Il cemento armato e la nascita della modernità : podcast con Salvatore Aprea e Anselm Jappe

2024

Abstract

En 1855, Joseph-Louis Lambot présenta à l'Exposition universelle de Paris une barque en mortier avec une armature en fer, préfigurant le béton armé. Cette invention, d'abord ignorée, a profondément influencé l'architecture moderne. Le livre d'Anselm Jappe, "Cemento : Arma di costruzione di massa" (Elèuthera), soutient que le béton armé, adopté dès la fin du XIXe siècle, a uniformisé les villes et favorisé l'obsolescence programmée des constructions. L'effondrement du pont Morandi en 2018 en est un exemple. Cristiana Coletti explore cette thèse avec Anselm Jappe et Salvatore Aprea, architecte, historien de l'architecture et Directeur des Archives de la construction moderne de l'École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, pour approfondir comment le béton armé a transformé nos villes et paysages.

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2024

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