Palazzo ONMIConvergenze e continuitàArchitetture e paesaggi urbani in Abruzzo 1930-1960

An exhibition that goes beyond the borders of Palazzo Ardinghelli to tell a story of architecture, cities and transformations.

Housed in the newly restored rooms of Palazzo ONMI – a former nursery on Viale Duca degli Abruzzi and a testament to public architecture – the exhibition begins in the 1930s and unfolds as a continuous narrative of the urban landscape of Abruzzo.

The exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the transformations of the cities, tracing the key stages in the processes of growth and redefinition of urban space. Architectural works, emblematic events and dialogues with artistic production illustrate the evolution of the modern architectural language in Abruzzo up to the 1960s, offering an overview of the forms and ideas that have shaped the region.

Projects, works of art, archival documents, film footage, contemporary photographs and period photographs – drawn from private collections, public archives and the MAXXI’s Collections of Contemporary Architecture and Design – highlight the continuities and changes involving three generations of designers, spanning different historical periods and transcending ideological and political divides.

The exhibition is enriched by a series of artistic photographs commissioned from Andrea Jemolo. Through his contemporary perspective, the images offer a modern interpretation of some of the region’s most significant projects, creating a dialogue between the historical dimension of the projects, their current state and the landscape in which they are situated.