Subway-and train station Centro Direzionale

> project : Subway-and train station Centro Direzionale
> location : Naples, Italy
> client : Metropolitana di Napoli
> architect : Miralles Tagliabue (Miralles Tagliabue EMBT)
> collaborators : Joan Callís

> date : 2005> in progress
> area : 10,000 m2

 the subway and train station Centro Direzionale in Naples. Not only is the project in her homeland,
but it promises to help pull her beloved Italy from a rather longwinded architectural paralysis;
something she is very proud of achieving. One of the demands of the new station building was
to dynamically merge the site’s anonymous urban development grid of the1970s with the
beautiful historic city centre of Naples.
 The company has always viewed buildings and landscapes as much the same thing, strongly believing that you cannot develop one without considering the other. 
In this case, the topography of the site is accentuated through the intricate and expansive tectonic roof structure, the design holds its own within the volcanic site, and thus covertly breaks down mental and social barriers between the old and the very old. It’s a damn clever way to pull together a community and provides instant recognition to a structure of such vital functional importance to the residents, no matter what their social standing. 


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