Zaha Hadid - High Speed Station

Competition winner
Zaha Hadid
High Speed Station
Napoli Afragola
Italy

Image courtesy Zaha Hadid LTD

The New High Speed Station Napoli Afragola is a bridge above the tracks. The key challenge of the architectural scheme is to create a well organized transport interchange that can simultaneously serve as a new landmark to announce the approach to Naples thus a new gateway to the city.

The concept of the bridge emerges from the idea of enlarging the overhead concourse, required to access the various platforms, to such a degree that it can become the main passenger concourse itself.

Image courtesy Zaha Hadid LTD

Providing an urbanized public link across the tracks, the task is to give expression to the imposition of a new through-station that can also act as the nucleus of a new proposed business park linking the various surrounding towns. The bridge concept further allows two strips of extended park-land to move openly through the site alongside the tracks opening and connecting the site to the surrounding landscape and business park.

Image courtesy Zaha Hadid LTD

The architectural language proposed, geared towards the articulation of movement, is pursued further within the interior of the building, where the trajectory of the travelers determines the geometry of the space.

The station will be designed according to the new guidelines introduced by the RFI, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, for the 13 major stations on the national rail system.

Total area: 20,000 square meters.

Zaha Hadid arcspace features

November 17, 2003





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		Competition winner Zaha Hadid High Speed Station Napoli Afragola Italy Image courtesy Zaha Hadid LTD The New High Speed Station Napoli Afragola is a bridge above the tracks. The key challenge of the architectural scheme is to create a well organized transport interchange that can simultaneously serve as a new landmark to announce the approach to Naples thus a new gateway to the city. The concept of the bridge emerges from the idea of enlarging the overhead concourse, required to access the various platforms, to such a degree that it can become the main passenger concourse itself. Image courtesy Zaha Hadid LTD Providing an urbanized public link across the tracks, the task is to give expression to the imposition of a new through-station that can also act as the nucleus of a new proposed business park linking the various surrounding towns. The bridge concept further allows two strips of extended park-land to move openly through the site alongside the tracks opening and connecting the site to the surrounding landscape and business park. Image courtesy Zaha Hadid LTD The architectural language proposed, geared towards the articulation of movement, is pursued further within the interior of the building, where the trajectory of the travelers determines the geometry of the space. The station will be designed according to the new guidelines introduced by the RFI, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, for the 13 major stations on the national rail system. Total area: 20,000 square meters. Zaha Hadid arcspace features November 17, 2003