Extraordinary, traumatic events, beyond the dramatic consequences they always imply on the human side, constitute moments of ultimate ‘stress’ both for the structures of our cities or monuments and for the principles of conservation in which culture, in that moment in time, recognises itself. Unexpectedly, such events generate a sort of resetting of those beliefs that the discipline of restoration has accumulated with difficulty, especially when one considers all the various experiences that have been gathered. The debate on reconstructive matters, that has superficially reached also some TV forums and newspaper pages, breaks the topic down to Manichean opposites, such as for instance the demolition of steeples and towers, or the discussion about the possible reuse of rubble. The debate is analysed in three focal points, that have become stereotypes: the false problem of reconstruction ‘where it was, the way it was’, the distortion of the term ‘anastylosis’ and the matter of the contradictory yielding to the so called ‘psychological issue’.
Eventi eccezionali e principi conservativi: il terremoto emiliano
DALLA NEGRA, Riccardo
2012
Abstract
Extraordinary, traumatic events, beyond the dramatic consequences they always imply on the human side, constitute moments of ultimate ‘stress’ both for the structures of our cities or monuments and for the principles of conservation in which culture, in that moment in time, recognises itself. Unexpectedly, such events generate a sort of resetting of those beliefs that the discipline of restoration has accumulated with difficulty, especially when one considers all the various experiences that have been gathered. The debate on reconstructive matters, that has superficially reached also some TV forums and newspaper pages, breaks the topic down to Manichean opposites, such as for instance the demolition of steeples and towers, or the discussion about the possible reuse of rubble. The debate is analysed in three focal points, that have become stereotypes: the false problem of reconstruction ‘where it was, the way it was’, the distortion of the term ‘anastylosis’ and the matter of the contradictory yielding to the so called ‘psychological issue’.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
