New Subway Stations, Genoa
Renzo Piano Building Workshop- Typologies Infraestructure Station
- Date 1983
- City Génova
- Country Italy
The image that the modern traveler has of Genoa, and of the Ligurian region in general, is that it is all full of tunnels and viaducts. The highway entering from France is a continuous transition from the dense darkness of the former to the blinding light of the latter. And when you enter Genoa itself, you realize that the passion of the road engineers for urban highways left a deep sore here that separates the city from its port. Not content with this, the Genoese have decided to build a subway line that will take advantage, flying over them, of the scars already consolidated by the railroad tracks...[+]
Cliente Client
Ayuntamiento de Génova; concesionario: Ansaldo Trasporti
Equipo de diseño Design team
Renzo Piano Building Workshop / A. Vincent, S. Ishida, M. Carroll, O. di Blasi, E. Frigerio, D.L. Hart, M. Varratta, C. Manfreddo, F. Marano; con D. Defilla, N. Freedman, D. Peluffo, G. Fascioli, M. Mattei, V. Tolu
Consultores Consultants
Mageco / L. Mascia, D. Mascia (estructura estaciones station structures); Inco, Reico (estructura líneas trainline structure); Aerimpianti
Contratista Contractor
Imprese Riunite
Maqueta Model
Edoardo Miola