Michele Nastasi Suspended City: L’Aquila after the Earthquake All rights reserved © of the edition, Actar Publishers, 2015 ISBN 9781940291673 Distribution: Actar D, Inc. 355 Lexington Ave. 8th Fl. NY, NY 10017 USA T. +1 212 966 2207 F. +1 212 966 2214 www.actar-d.com eurosales@actar-d.com A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA Editor: Maddalena d'Alfonso Texts: Giorgio Agamben (page 9), Maddalena d’Alfonso (pages 96–100, 107–17), Michele Nastasi (pages 101–05, 119–26) Photographs: Michele Nastasi Design and medical illustrations: Alessandro C. Busseni Translation: Clarice Zdanski, Cristopher Huw Evans Copyediting: Barclay Gail Swerling Post production and photographic prints: Mario Govino Print: Grafiche Aurora s.r.l., Italy
The first group of photographs presented in this volume was the product of research carried out in 2010 for the magazine Lotus international and was published in issue no. 144 under the title "Framework Town." My special thanks go to Pierluigi Nicolin and Nina Bassoli. © of the texts, their authors © of the photographs, Michele Nastasi, courtesy Archivio Editoriale Lotus © of the medical illustrations, Alessandro C. Busseni © of the drawings, their authors The plans for the safety measures have been provided by the office of the Vice-Commissioner appointed to safeguard the cultural heritage during the reconstruction of L’Aquila, engineer Luciano Marchetti. Many thanks to engineer Fabio Giallonardo for providing the original drawings for Palazzo Rivera from which the illustrations published on pages 38, 87 and 88 were taken. Thanks also go to Studio Croci & Associati for the original drawing of the basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio published on page 127. The drawings on pages 22, 30, 36, 54, 60, 72, 79, 86–87, and 88–89 are reinterpretations of some schemes taken from specialist publications on techniques for temporary works drawn up for use in L’Aquila, and in particular from the STOP (Schede Tecniche Opere Provvisionali © CNVVF) manual for safety measures compiled by the Fire Department, accessible at the website www.vigilfuoco.it. The analogies between photographs, technical drawings and medical illustrations are the fruit of free association and not to be regarded as indications of procedure.
The author and the editor would like to express their gratitude to: The Vice-Commissioner appointed to safeguard the cultural heritage during the reconstruction of L’Aquila, engineer Luciano Marchetti, the Emergency and Reconstruction Department of the Municipality of L’Aquila, the The National Fire Corps and Sergio Ciarrocca for the support given during the shooting. The Central Director for the Emergency and Technical Assistance and Vice-Commissioner in charge of securing the buildings engineer Sergio Basti and the office of the Vice-Commissioner appointed to safeguard the cultural heritage for their accounts and explanations of the temporary works. The head of the Hemodynamics Institute at the Humanitas Clinic Dr. Patrizia Presbitero and the head of the Orthopedic Operating Unit of the Hip and Prosthetics Institute at the Humanitas Clinic Dr. Guido Grappiolo for their clarifications of the analogy between temporary works and surgery. Thanks also go to: Raffaele Azzarelli, Silvia Bencivelli, Lorenzo and Elena Bencivelli, Giovanni Bradanini, Sonia Calzoni, Gianluca Cavazza, Giovanni Chiaramonte, Valentina Di Francesco, Laura Geronazzo, Mario Govino, Barnaby and Lucia Gunning, Marco Introini, Giovanni Papotto, Gaia Piccarolo, Francesco Repishti, Giancarlo Rossi, Valentina Valensin, Gary Van Zante.