22 March 2013
Energy. Oil and Post-Oil Architecture and Grids is an exhibition curated by Pippo Ciorra which will be open at the MAXXI in Rome from today until September 29, 2013. A useful and interesting investigation of the relationship between built-up area and the energy supplied by oil that sets out to imagine a different future for our civilization. The exhibition comprises 80 drawings and designs, a photographic section with pictures by Paolo Pellegrin, Alessandro Cimmino and Paola Di Bello and a multimedia section in which a future without oil is examined. Just one piece of advice: if we’re talking about energy and wondering how to save the planet, it might be an idea to avoid printing catalogues with 200 pages.
Chiosco urbano, Roma, 1953. Archivio storico Eni.
Stazione di servizio Agip, Italia, anni ’50. Archivio storico Eni.
Stazione di servizio Agip, Libia, 1968. Archivio storico Eni.
Stazione di servizio Agip, Roma, 1960 circa. Archivio storico Eni.
Paolo Pellegrin, Raffineria Versalis, Ravenna, 2013. Courtesy: Fondazione MAXXI
Paolo Pellegrin, Raffineria Versalis, Ravenna, 2013. Courtesy: Fondazione MAXXI
Paolo Pellegrin, Raffineria Versalis, Ravenna, 2013. Courtesy: Fondazione MAXXI
Alessandro Cimmino, La Spezia, 2012. Courtesy: Fondazione MAXXI
Alessandro Cimmino, La Spezia, 2012. Courtesy: Fondazione MAXXI
Sou Fujimoto Architects, Energy Forest, Tokyo, Japan. Courtesy: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Sou Fujimoto Architects, Energy Forest, Tokyo, Japan. Courtesy: Sou Fujimoto Architects
OBR Open Building Research, Right to Energy, Genova, Italy. Courtesy: OBR Open Building Research
OBR Open Building Research, Right to Energy, Genova, Italy. Courtesy: OBR Open Building Research
Studio Formafantasma, Botanica. Photo: Luisa Zanzani. Courtesy: Studio Formafantasma