In May, the XIV Technical Conference: Nanomaterials Applied to the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Goods was held in Huesca (Aragón, Spain) where leading experts offered an overview of the different applications of nanomaterials in the field of heritage conservation. The conference took place in the creative building of the Superior School of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage […]

On the 16th of May, the InnovaConcrete team visited the Stadio Flaminio (Rome). Daniela Martelotti, representative of the Rome Council, and the Professor Francesco Romeo from La Sapienza University were present during the visit in which the InnovaConcrete team got to know first-hand this singular concrete building by Nervi and observed its main causes of deterioration.

On the 14th and 15th of May 2018, the sampling of the War Memorials selected as case studies in Torricella Peligna (Abruzzo, Italy) was conducted by the MiBACT and CNR teams. Representative concrete samples have been taken from the two monuments, the Angel and the Tower, that were chosen for their symbolic and social values and also […]

On the 25th of April the InnovaConcrete team visited the “Hipódromo de la Zarzuela” (Madrid). This visit included a short tour of the grounds reflecting on the concrete structures present in the buildings and acknowledging the distinctive roof, designed by Eduardo Torroja. The Zarzuela hippodrome will be used in the InnovaConcrete project as a location in which to carry […]