EVOLUTIO
For 120 years we have been building infrastructure for the future
Highlights
Webuild: "Evolutio" infrastructure exhibition in Milan a resounding success. Over 36,000 visitors in three months at the National Museum of Science and Technology
The Exhibition, opened from February 11 to May 11, 2026, offered a new narrative of Italy through the great works that have guided its economic and social progress over the past 120 years.
The deeper meaning of the Evolutio exhibition
A story that, starting from the observation on nature and how human ingenuity conveys the value of infrastructure as an instrument able to generate benefits by making resources accessible, connecting regions and improving people’s lives.
EVOLUTIO. Costruire Secondo Bellezza
Evolutio 360° Experience
The 360° tour of the Evolutio exhibition reconstructs environments, installations, and archival materials, allowing users to navigate the history of Italy's major infrastructure projects. The journey is guided by Techne, Webuild’s digital avatar, who accompanies users through out the story of the country's development.
A new, direct and immediate way to discover how infrastructure has transformed Italy over the last 120 years.
"EVOLUTIO" - A Webuild cultural initiative
EVOLUTIO is a cultural initiative by Webuild that introduces a new narrative on infrastructures as a driver of economic, social, and industrial development, capable of fueling an entire productive and financial ecosystem.
A narrative that brings together memory and future, showing how major works have helped shape the country over the past 120 years and how they stand today as a strategic asset for Italy’s current and future competitiveness.
EVOLUTIO unfolds in two complementary dimensions: the exhibition and the digital Museum.
Evolutio - What would life be like without major infrastructure projects?
It would be like going back to the early 20th century, when people in Italy lived without running water, without electricity, without roads. Not everywhere, of course, but overall this was the reality—especially among the most vulnerable social groups and territories, where living conditions are the true litmus test of a country’s development.
Without infrastructures, Italy would be a different country: less connected, less competitive, less inclusive. Infrastructures determine real development—the kind that affects the quality of life of people, communities, and regions.
EVOLUTIO - What if...
EVOLUTIO. Building the Future for the Last 120 Years
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR FUTURE
“There is an invisible bridge that has allowed society to cross the centuries, transforming isolated communities into modern countries, remote rural areas into industrial cities, elementary needs into opportunities for progress. That invisible bridge is known as infrastructure. If we look back, we see how every phase in human development has been triggered by an infrastructure: a road, a bridge, an aqueduct, a railroad, a dam.”
Pietro Salini, Webuild CEO
What would life be like without major infrastructure projects?
EVOLUTIO - Come sarebbe la vita senza le grandi opere?