67 Nella pagina precedente / On the previous page: Gio Ponti, Pier Luigi Nervi, Grattacielo Pirelli, 1955-1958, pianta del piano terra, Milano, courtesy MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Roma, Collezioni MAXXI Architettura, Archivio Pier Luigi Nervi. protecting at least the most important instances. In agreement with DO.CO.MO.MO. Italia and Associazione degli archivi di architettura AAA/Italia, discussion and dialogue have been initiated on modes of intervention, restoration methods, and paths for raising awareness. Since 2001, more than eighty archival collections have been acquired, together forming an important piece in the history of architecture, of use for conceiving conservation strategies from the design and regulatory perspectives. At the same time, activity was initiated and consolidated to raise awareness of the values of architecture, and of the responsibility this discipline has in determining the physical landscape of cities as an asset of identity and of collective interest. Specific reflection is still needed on how to protect and how to take action to safeguard the large yet fragile heritage that is twentieth-century architecture – a reflection that cannot be made without archival documentation as a point of departure and knowledge. And, in these relationships between documents, architectural work, collection, and public, the identity of the architecture museum, an institution whose work focuses on the heritage of the recent past and of the near future. Gio Ponti, Pier Luigi Nervi, Grattacielo Pirelli, 1955-1958, vista dall’alto del Palazzo per uffici, Milano, courtesy MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Roma, Collezioni MAXXI Architettura, Archivio Pier Luigi Nervi. Gio Ponti, Pier Luigi Nervi, Grattacielo Pirelli, veduta d’angolo del Palazzo per uffici, 1955-1958, Milano, courtesy MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Roma, Collezioni MAXXI Architettura, Archivio Pier Luigi Nervi.
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