Abstract
Sergio Musmeci occupies a very important position in the history of late 20th century Italian engineering. Born in Rome in 1926, he initially graduated in civil engineering and later in aeronautical engineering. Following an apprenticeship with Pier Luigi Nervi, in whose office he worked from 1949 to 1951, and with Riccardo Morandi, he later opened his own engineering and architecture office together with his wife, the architect Zenaide Zanini. He taught at the University of Rome, initially as an assistant to the course in Rational Mechanics and Graphic Statics, and later as professor of Bridges and Large Structures.
Keywords
Modern Movement,
Modern architecture,
Modern bridges,
Modern infrastructures,
Modern engineering,
Sergio Musmeci,
Bridge over the Basento,
Theory of Minimal Surfaces,
Shell bridges,
Italian modern bridges.
Issue 45
Year 2011
Pages 46-51
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/45.A.GRQPL9K8