Torino Esposizioni

Torino Esposizioni is an exhibition hall and convention centre in Turin, Italy which was primarily completed in 1948,^[1] designed by Pier Luigi Nervi.

The building is made with primarily ferrocemento and glass. Ferrocemento is a form of concrete construction made with thin cross-sections of concrete and metal wires (reinforcement) with re-usable forms, which Nervi pioneered in Italy and elsewhere.

2006 Winter Olympics

The Torino Esposizioni was converted into a temporary ice rink to host a number of ice hockey events at the 2006 Winter Olympics along with Palasport Olimpico.^[2] The temporary arena had the capacity of 4,320 people.

The boards in the hockey rink are stiffer than in a permanent facility, while the glass has more give. The facility was converted into an ice rink by laying a sand base and refrigeration pipes into the base, and then freezing water ice atop the substrate. This is similar to the temporary outdoor rink the NHL used for its Heritage Classic game in Edmonton.

After the Olympics were complete, the arena returned to hosting fairs and exhibitions.

In film

The building appears in a deleted scene from the 1969 film The Italian Job. A portion of the car chase was filmed as a dance between the Minis and police cars with a full orchestra playing "The Blue Danube" as accompaniment. The scene appears as an extra on home video releases.^[3]

References

^ Aesthetics and Technology in Building, Nervi, Pier Luigi, 1965, Harvard University Press, p.116
^ 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 86-7.
^ Field, Matthew. (2014). Making of the Italian Job. Pavilion Books Company Limited. ISBN 9781849942522. OCLC 896800221.

External links

45°02′55″N 7°40′56″E / 45.04861°N 7.68222°E / 45.04861; 7.68222

[1] Aesthetics and Technology in Building, Nervi, Pier Luigi, 1965, Harvard University Press, p.116

[2] 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 86-7.

[3] Field, Matthew. (2014). Making of the Italian Job. Pavilion Books Company Limited. ISBN 9781849942522. OCLC 896800221.

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v t e Venues of the 2006 Winter Olympics (Turin)
City venues	Oval Lingotto Palavela Palasport Olimpico Stadio Olimpico Torino Esposizioni
Mountain venues	Bardonecchia Cesana Pariol Cesana San Sicario Pinerolo Palaghiaccio Pragelato Pragelato Plan San Sicario Fraiteve Sauze d'Oulx-Jouvencaux Sestiere Borgata Sestiere Colle

v t e Olympic venues in ice hockey
20th century	1920: Palais de Glace d'Anvers 1924: Stade Olympique de Chamonix 1928: St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink 1932: Olympic Arena (final), Olympic Stadium 1936: Olympia-Kunsteisstadion (final), Riessersee 1948: Kulm, Olympic Stadium (final), Suvretta 1952: Dæhlenenga, Jordal Amfi (final), Kadettangen, Lillestrøm stadion, Marienlyst stadion 1956: Apollonio Stadium, Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio 1960: Blyth Arena (final), Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink 1964: Messehalle, Olympiahalle 1968: La Patinoire Municipale, Le Stade de Glace 1972: Makomanai Ice Arena (final), Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink 1976: Messehalle, Olympiahalle (final) 1980: Olympic Center 1984: Skenderija II Hall, Zetra Ice Hall (final) 1988: Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Olympic Saddledome (final), Stampede Corral 1992: Méribel Ice Palace 1994: Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall, Håkon Hall (final) 1998: Aqua Wing, Big Hat (final)
21st century	2002: E Center (final), Peaks Ice Arena 2006: Palasport Olimpico (final), Torino Esposizioni 2010: Rogers Arena (final), UBC Thunderbird Arena 2014: Bolshoy Ice Dome (final), Shayba Arena 2018: Gangneung Hockey Centre (final), Kwandong Hockey Centre 2022: Wukesong Sports Center (final), Beijing National Indoor Stadium 2026: PalaItalia Santa Giulia (final), Fiera Milano

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