Parabeton - Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete ( Parabeton - Pier Luigi Nervi und römischer Beton ) ( Parabeton - Pier Luigi Nervi & Roman Concrete )

Parabeton - Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Parabeton - Pier Luigi Nervi und römischer Beton
Alternate Title: Parabeton - Pier Luigi Nervi & Roman Concrete
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
Silent ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Silent ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
100 min + 72 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Heinz Emigholz

Written By:
Heinz Emigholz

Actors:
Heinz Emigholz

Synopsis:

PARABETON starts with the first still exstant dome built of concrete by the Romans in the 1st century BC in Baiae near Naples. Followed in chronological sequence by twenty buildings of Italian civil-engineer Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979) - inventor, grandmaster of concrete structures and the architect's architect of the 20th century: among others the Pirelli-skysraper in Milano, the Headquarters of Unesco in Paris, the Palazzo del Lavoro in Turin, the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome and the Papal Audience Hall at Vatican City. This succession is from time to time halted by cinematic studies of large Roman structures, among others the Pantheon and the Baths of Caracalla in Rome and Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli. In doing so the film relates Nervi's path-breaking constructions with the pioneering Roman inventions in his field 2000 years ago. The 100 minutes long film is the first of two parts of the project Decampment of Modernism with which I will conclude my series Architecture as Autobiography about the origins, fate, glory and decline of modern architecture. In a way, PARABETON will be the "grand finale" of the series by going back to the Roman origins of the constructional core of Modernism.

We will see (in order of appearance):
Tempio di Mercurio, Baiae 1st cen. B.C.
Municipal Stadium, Florence 1932
Experimental warehouse, Rome 1945
Tempio di Giove Anxur, Terracina 1st cen. B.C.
Exhibition Hall B, Turin 1948
Exhibition Hall C, Turin 1950
Salt Warehouses, Tortona 1951
Tobacco Factory, Bologna 1953
Terme di Caracalla, Rome 3rd cen A.D.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris 1958
Pantheon, Rome 2nd cen. A.D.
Small Sports Complex, Rome 1957
Tempio di Minerva, Rome 3rd cen. A.D.
Pirelli Tower, Milan 1958
Flaminio Stadium, Rome 1959
Colosseum e Forum Romanum, Rome 1st cen B.C.
Sports Complex, Rome 1960
Aqua Claudia, Rome 1st cen A.D.
Train Station, Savona 1960
Palace of Labour, Turin 1961
Villa Adriana, Rome 2nd cen. A.D.
Burgo Paper Factory, Mantua 1962
Mausoleo Tor de 'Schiavi, Rome 4th cen. A.D.
Roof of the Cuore Immacolato di Maria Church, Bologna 1962
Palatin and Motor boat in ferro-cement, Rome 1967
Papal Audience Hall, Vatican City, Rome 1971

The film presents 17 in Italy and France extant buildings by Italian master-builder Pier Luigi Nervi and 10 examples of Ancient Roman architecture made of Opus caementitium.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 February, 2014.

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