During his visit, Minister Giuli emphasised the social value of the exhibition promoted by Webuild, which celebrates the role of infrastructure in the country’s development.

ROME, October 20, 2025 – “With the EVOLUTIO exhibition, Webuild stages the autobiography and genius of Italy, a nation that, over the past century, has undergone a profound development journey, thanks in part to infrastructure that has lifted Italians out of need. It is therefore an exhibition with a strong ethical and social value, as well as a hyper-technological exhibition that explains in simple terms what workplace safety, research, and training mean, and what it means to build bridges and connections: giving future generations the freedom to choose.” These were the words of Italian Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli, who today visited the EVOLUTIO exhibition, promoted by Webuild and hosted at the Ara Pacis Museum until November 9, accompanied by the Group’s Chief Executive Pietro Salini.

“EVOLUTIO reminds us of Italy’s transformation over the years, thanks also to infrastructure, and highlights how many people through their work helped turn an agricultural country into an industrial power with an ever-improving quality of life. After this first stop in Rome, the traveling exhibition will continue its journey through other Italian cities—from Milan to Naples, from Reggio Calabria to Palermo—and abroad in countries such as Australia, the United States, and Saudia Arabia, with the goal of continuing to tell the story, through images, testimonies, and installations, of the central role infrastructure plays in the evolution and transformation of the country,” said Salini.

The exhibition is divided into several thematic areas dedicated to energy, water, transportation, urban construction, and building techniques. In each room, progressing by decade, visitors are guided by videos, images, and texts that narrate the works and the historical context in which they were created. Two interpretive keys frame the experience: “The Days: How People Lived,” offering a snapshot of daily life across different decades, and “Italy’s Journey: The Works,” illustrating the evolution of infrastructure types—such as dams, bridges, roads, and more—that drive progress and have a high impact on improving people’s lives. The reference is to the classical thought of Hesiod’s “Works and Days.”

During the visit, EVOLUTIO.MUSEUM was also presented—the first digital museum dedicated to infrastructure. The platform features over 400 projects and more than 1.5 million archival items, making the Group’s industrial memory accessible to the public. The digital museum includes testimonies, videos, and photos, along with unique archival materials such as those by photographer Guglielmo Chiolini and filmmaker Ermanno Olmi.

The EVOLUTIO outreach project is part of Webuild’s Culture Agenda, a strategic program that promotes engineering culture as a driver of social development and territorial enhancement through exhibitions, editorial projects, collaborations with museums and universities, and now also the digitization of historical archives..