Stazione AV Napoli Afragola
Napoli Afragola is one of 13 new stations for Italy’s high-speed rail system. It will function as a monumental gateway to the city. All available natural resources will be used to keep energy use down and deliver a sustainable building.
The environmental and services strategies include: interseasonal ground water cooling and heating; solar hot water generation; rainwater recycling; northlight daylighting; and mixed-mode ventilation for the station concourse areas. The station platform canopies have been designed to allow for the future installation of a number of extensive photovoltaic arrays with the potential to meet the stations entire operational electrical needs.
This image shows the main arrival and departure concourse. The saw tooth glazed roof has vertical banners suspended below which provide glare and acoustic control for the space. The mixture of north light and controlled direct sunlight creates a vibrant and dynamic space with minimal solar gains or solar discomfort for the passengers.
This image shows the extent of the impressive glazed roof over the station concourses. The saw tooth shape of the roof glazing has high light transmission north facing glass and fitted solar control glass on the horizontal elements to reduce solar gains and glare. Extensive daylight and solar modelling was undertaken to arrive at the optimal daylighting strategy.
The station platforms and cores have been completed and the trains are now running through the site. The aerial view shows the two ends of the large basement plantroom on either side of the outer platforms. This room houses the main air handling plant serving the building and is 5m high by 10m wide by 165m long.
Napoli Afragola High Speed Railway Station is one project in our continuing story of nearly 50 years of delivering international projects.