The theme of the emergency has been repeatedly addressed by Iuav over the last fifty years, from the Vajont disaster in 1963 to the latest earthquake in 2016 in Central Italy. The authors of the projects on display are lecturers of Iuav who on several occasions have been able to deal with the theme of reconstruction both in the drafting of Plans and projects on individual artifacts. The activity took place through agreements between Iuav and the public administrations involved in the disaster, or in a free profession. Frequently, the rebuilding themes were brought to the classrooms involving the students of design or graduate laboratories.