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Life After Shock: Earthquake Affected Italian Cities to be Wooden

© AP Photo / Gregorio BorgiaA child plays at a tent camp set as a temporary shelter for the earthquake survivors in Arquata Del Tronto, Italy
A child plays at a tent camp set as a temporary shelter for the earthquake survivors in Arquata Del Tronto, Italy - Sputnik International
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On August 24, an earthquake heavily damaged the Italian towns of Amatrice and Accumoli, located in central Italy. In response, the prime minister of Italy and famous Italian architect Renzo Piano decided to build temporary housing units out of wood and discussed future reconstruction works.

An emergency service personnal walks with his rescue dog next to volunteers participating in rescue operation near rubble and debris of a destroyed building marked with a security cordon and a excavator in the damaged central Italian village of Amatrice on August 26, 2016 two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 267 people - Sputnik International
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Renzo Piano proposed to build temporary “light” wooden houses, in which people could live until their homes will be rebuilt.

Wooden houses are quickly to build and cost only 600 euros per square meter.

After the city takes its original appearance, wooden houses would be recycled. In their place, fields and pastures would appear again.

Renzo Piano believes that in the long term it is necessary to strengthen all houses along the Apennines, and it will require “building for a period of two generations.”

“We will need help of all countries as the beauty of Italy does not only belong to us. It is architectural heritage of all mankind,” the architect told Sputnik.

On April 6, 2009, an earthquake hit the Abruzzo region, leaving five thousand people without shelter.

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