Nomadic Sign. The "decorated shelter" in Norcia

After the earthquake of October 2016, the historic centre of Norcia was largely emptied of its commercial activities, which were temporarily located in anonymous shelters. In this context, the sign takes on the central role of an element of recognition. The relative process of decontextualization from the original location to the temporary one, leads to results sometimes balanced and familiar (where the dimensional characteristics between the original building and the temporary arrangement are similar) sometimes out of scale and unusual (where the dimensional characteristics between the original building and the temporary arrangement are particularly discordant). Through a process of critical-comparative analysis by drawing, the paper focuses on the relationship between the refuge and the sign, attributing to the latter a clear value in the process of reconstruction of the city, both from a physical and an identity point of view.