Dominique Perrault Architecture

Piazza Garibaldi

Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto

Piazza Garibaldi 

Dominique Perrault Architecture

PHOTOGRAPHS
Peppe Maisto

AREA
21000 M²

ENGINEERING
Nom Bollinger Bollinger + Grohmann, Francfor

PROJECT MANAGER
Metropolitana Di Napoli Et Metropolitana De Milano, Naples

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Naples, Italy

CATEGORY
Transportation Hub

Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto

Text description provided by architect.

Located in Naples, the Piazza Garibaldi, designed by Dominique Perrault Architecture, is one of the most important and complex transportation hubs in the Neapolitan transportation system.

Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto

This infrastructure project, which includes a metro station, offers the opportunity to upgrade this lively urban space bustling with activity. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Two stations share the piazza: open space, composed of urban parks, luxuriant gardens, large ponds, a protected area, a hypogeum covered with a large pergola and an open promenade with boutiques lining both sides.

Piazza Garibaldi
Courtesy of DPA / Adagp
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto

Though structurally and materially different, the new roof fits right into the alignment and the extension of the central station’s roof.

Composed of a series of eight metallic trees, in simple variations of three patterns, creates a framework resembling clusters of knotty and flexible bamboos talks.

Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
Courtesy of DPA / Adagp

The covering is a vast prismatic surface composed of different types of perforated metal in varying densities, whose appearance is constantly changing.


Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
Courtesy of DPA / Adagp
Piazza Garibaldi
Courtesy of DPA / Adagp


Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
Courtesy of DPA / Adagp
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
Courtesy of DPA / Adagp
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto


Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
Courtesy of DPA / Adagp
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
© Peppe Maisto
Piazza Garibaldi
Courtesy of DPA / Adagp


Piazza Garibaldi
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Piazza Garibaldi
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