ITALY STAZIONE ALTA VELOCIT NAPOLIAFRAGOLA Sicorap srl Stazione

ITALY STAZIONE ALTA VELOCITÀ NAPOLI-AFRAGOLA Sicorap srl

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) Project Details Building Type High speed train station Building Size 30, 000 m² Project Dates December 2016 – December 2017 Saint-Gobain Products & Systems • Gyproc Wallboard • Gyproc Flex 6 • Gyproc Fireline • Gyproc Lisaflam • Gyproc Lisaplac

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) Contractor Company Name Sicorap srl Main Representative Mr. Sandro Raiola Company Size 30 Specialised in Dry partitions for interiors and exteriors and any type of ceiling. Plasters and paintings.

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) Building Owner Architect Contractor Innovation Partners Saint. Gobain Project Manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Sp. A Zaha Hadid Architects Sicorap srl Astaldi Sp. A Pasquale Cascone Pasquale Molinari

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) The futuristic station of Afragola (Naples), also renamed "Porta del Sud", is an important railway junction designed to speed up the connections between North and South Italy and it is conceived as a bridge crossing and connecting the high speed tracks. The station is designed as an architectural system with a sinuous and "organic" articulation - following the typical style of the Anglo-Iraqi archistar Zaha Hadid - which calls to mind the image of a running train. It consists of a soft volume made of about 350 meters in concrete, metal and glass.

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA)

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) The particular shape of the station fulfills a dual function: a pedestrian tunnel connecting the various quays and an element of continuity between the railway and the surrounding landscape, able to put in close relation the two sections of territory that extend to the sides of the tracks.

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) The accesses to the station located at the edges of the "bridge" convey the flow of passengers to the central atrium, where the ticket office and the waiting room are located, and then direct it to the tracks on the lower floor or to the shopping center at the upper level, through a suggestive system of stairs and mobile ramps perfectly integrated into the shapes of the building.

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) The large skylight on the gallery and the large windows of the passenger lounge - designed according to bioclimatic criteria for direct sunlight control testify the attention paid to natural light and the precise will of the planning to make the complex permeable and open to the outside.

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA)

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) In addition to fire partition walls, drywalls and ceilings have been created with standard Gyproc plasterboards and Gyproc Flex 6 slabs, specially curved to obtain the desired shapes and to recall the sinuous and «organic» pattern that characterizes all the architectural lines of the building. Gyproc Flex 6 have been screwed on specially calendered metal profiles and in some cases act as a support for an elegant white plastic coating.

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) Key challenges (write a max. 50 words paragraph) e. g. Budget, Time, Space, Technical challenges before and during installation/application (Development of a new solution…) • Time was the worst enemy, due to the fact that the opening event was early scheduled because of the presence of the major offices of Italian politics • Very high walls, with particular curved shapes. The installer had to study ad hoc structures to respect the planned project.

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) Main Saint-Gobain products and systems used Fire protection / Gyproc Fireline, Lisaflam and Lisaplac – Class A 1 and EI 120 • Escape routes and technical rooms in particular • https: //www. gyproc. it/lastre-in-gesso-rivestito/lastre-speciali/lastre-antincendio Stability / Wallboard, Fireline + Metal stud – Mechanically validated wall lining • Atriums and interior common spaces • https: //www. gyproc. it/lastre-in-gesso-rivestito/lastre-speciali/lastre-antincendio/fireline - https: //www. gyproc. it/lastre-ingesso-rivestito/lastre-standard/gyproc-wallboard Aesthetics / Gyproc Flex 6 – Particular curves • Atriums and interior common spaces • https: //www. gyproc. it/prodotti. php? id=25 Very short project deadline was made • The whole project

Stazione Alta Velocità, Afragola (NA) Key achievements Explain why you succeeded in this project • Close collaboration between contractor, project & structural consultant and Gyproc in studying the appropriate solutions to satisfy the design requirements, in terms of both aesthetics and performance.

Photography Credits: Name Surname ITALY STAZIONE ALTA VELOCITÀ NAPOLI-AFRAGOLA Sicorap srl – Zaha Hadid Architects Andrea Monguidi