biennial of architecture. venice 2006. 10th international biennale - metro-polis .............................................................................................................................................










metro-polis
venue: corderie dell’arsenale
curator: benedetto gravagnuolo & alessandro mendini

‘metro-polis - the rail and transport challenge in naples and campania’
shows projects from various architects related to the naples metro system
subway stations, railway stations and museums.

‘by now the obsolescence of the tradition city-suburb dichtomy is widely
recognized. on the present international scene the phenomenom of the
dissolving of the metropolis in a limitless territory has become strikingly
evident...one emblematic case, in many ways is the metropolitan area
of naples, marked by dense, ramified continuum of edifaction. in the
territory around the city (for a radius of 50 km) lives a population of
about 4 million people (two thirds of the population of the entire region).
every day multitudes of people use cars causing congestion and pollution.

therefore a decisive factor for the future of this metropolitan sprawl is the
transport challenge on rails, a program the campania region has launched
and partially realized.’

‘monte sant’angelo station’ by anish kapoor/future systems

‘monte sant’angelo station’ by anish kapoor/future systems
‘the entrance to the station is shaped like a big steel mouth, a bowl which
embraces the commuter and takes them into the bowels of the earth.’

‘capodichino airport station’ by richard rogers
the station at the heart of the airport, to reduce distances between the tarins
and the terminals.

colour coded escalators help to orientate the chanel passengers routes
through the station.
the wide roof section emerges over a wide pedestrian area, helps define routes into and out of the station. it also provide protection from the elements.

‘garibaldi station’ by dominique perrault.

‘garibaldi station’ by dominique perrault.

‘duomo station’ by massimiliano fukass
’the project wants to give the suggestion of a archaelogical discovery’
excavations in the area where the track is being built have found a
1st century AD temple and a hellenistic archway.

skylights from the city above allow the commuters to see what’s going on
above them.
the skylights are positioned in allignment with the esculators to help state
the direction of travel underground.

‘napoli afragola station’ by zaha hadid

‘the continuitybetween the roof and the internal walls gives the impression
of an outdoor space.’

‘university station’ by karim rashid & sergio cappelli. cappelli designed a
piaza that looks like a writing sheet where the words fredericks city are fixed.
large space to walk and rest and shelter are in the shadow of artificial ‘lit trees’.
in side the station rashid looks at contemporary naples, inspired by the
multicultural academic community he communicates the new digital age.
the decension from the piaza represent a metaphorical shift from the brain
to the mind.


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