Trisungo: a typological-procedural research for the recovery of a village hit by the 2016/2017 earthquake.

Trisungo is a small valley-bottom village developed on the two side of the Tronto river, Arquata del Tronto municipality (AP). It is historically connected with the roman route Salaria that joins Roma and Ascoli and, in this municipality, it connects also Norcia and Fermo. This settlement has always been a nerve centre for the commerce of Central Italy and this is the reason why we can find there an incredible florid XVI-century architecture. After the earthquake, Trisungo suffered important damage, without arriving at a total destruction. Starting from a multi-scalar reading of the village (landscape-settlement-urban fabric- building types- constructive techniques) is draw up an urban recovery plan which includes thinning (punctual and controlled demolitions and consequently new building areas are detect) in order to simplify over-layered urban fabric to improve accessibility and escape routes. Within this layout are presented some pilot projects for both blocks and buildings with the overall aim of combine conservation and safety improvement. The contribution sets out the importance of a systematic approach to the post-disaster reconstruction based on the typological-procedural research in order to outline the inalienable identity features of an historical center. The only way to assure a kind of reconstruction consistent with the nature of the settlements and in continuity with their historical development is to base the recovery designs on the comprehension and re-proposing of these identity characteristics.