Pettino Neighborhood - L'Aquila Earthquake
Pettino is the modern neighborhood in the city of L'Aquila, entirely built on a fault, a shift 6 miles long deep in the ground. It was edified with improper materials, without considering the high seismic of the ground. Since seventies the local administrations favored great house-builders and speculation. Until the 2009 earthquake Pettino was the most built-up area in the town, with about 30000 people.
Nowadays the suburb is a series of uninhabited buildings, a desolate place. Some houses resisted, others fell down. Most part is damaged showing cracks and structural breakdowns. More than two years passed but time seems to be stopped and the nature got the upper hand. The trees and foliage hide part of the buildings. Few days after the earthquake a woman among the rubble said: “Life can’t go on if the rubble remain; the rubble have to be removed… this could be the sign that things shall work again.” This never happened. The territory is still devastated and the identity of local people is strongly hit.
Parts of "City of L'Aquila Town Plan" (1979):
"A fact absolutely negative is the existence, in the city of L'Aquila, of a thick system of tectonics faults, and many houses are built on these faults!
These faults are so spread and ubiquitous those appear inevitable. We have to hope that what the seismologists say is right. In their opinion is not demonstrable that a major proximity carries major tremors”.
In the diptychs the first similar images were taken in the first earthquake anniversary, April 2010, while the specular ones were taken in the second recurrence in April 2011.
Nowadays the suburb is a series of uninhabited buildings, a desolate place. Some houses resisted, others fell down. Most part is damaged showing cracks and structural breakdowns. More than two years passed but time seems to be stopped and the nature got the upper hand. The trees and foliage hide part of the buildings. Few days after the earthquake a woman among the rubble said: “Life can’t go on if the rubble remain; the rubble have to be removed… this could be the sign that things shall work again.” This never happened. The territory is still devastated and the identity of local people is strongly hit.
Parts of "City of L'Aquila Town Plan" (1979):
"A fact absolutely negative is the existence, in the city of L'Aquila, of a thick system of tectonics faults, and many houses are built on these faults!
These faults are so spread and ubiquitous those appear inevitable. We have to hope that what the seismologists say is right. In their opinion is not demonstrable that a major proximity carries major tremors”.
In the diptychs the first similar images were taken in the first earthquake anniversary, April 2010, while the specular ones were taken in the second recurrence in April 2011.
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