Post-disaster reconstruction approaches in Italy have come to favor outputs over processes; something that increasingly causes social precarity and a sense of collective oblivion throughout the prolonged recovery efforts.
Located in post-earthquake Amatrice, “In other forms, otherwise” is a project exploring possible practices and processes of reappropriating public grounds, encouraging open-ended narratives in spatial planning and architectural design within three locations along the town’s main road.
By retracing the long-standing tradition of transhumance and procession that is characteristic of rural areas, this project advocates for more adaptive practices of renewal that focus on the movement of materials, spaces, and people, pivoting away from the static and linear understanding of historical processes and cultural forms.
This project is ultimately an infrastructural acupuncture. It provides accessible grounds to an uprooted population by means of spatial repair and material rearrangement, engaging with themes of architectural preservation, societal attachment, and balance between memory and time.