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The Art Stations of Naples Metro consist of 12 stations along Line 1 and Line 6 of the Le stazioni della metro più belle d'Europa - Il Daily Telegraph premia Napoli con le fermate Toledo e Materdei. Accessed on November 30, 2012
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Naples Metro
The Naples Metro ( it, Metropolitana di Napoli; nap, Metrupulitana 'e Napule) is the rapid transit system serving the city of Naples, Italy. The system comprises three underground rapid transit lines ( Line 1, Line 6 and the Naples-Aversa Me ...
with art installations. In total, there are more than 250 works of art.
With the construction and expansion of numerous metro lines the municipality of Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...
developed the project ''Stations of Art'' (also known as ''Hundred Stations Plan''), with which it was intended to entrust the planning of metro stops to well-known contemporary artists and architects. Then, with a resolution (resolution of 19 May 2006 Number 637), the Campania
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region issued guidelines to be applied to the design and construction of a station.
The Art Stations, distributed along the lines 1 and 6 of the Metro network, include more than 180 pieces of art created by 90 international authors and by some young local architects, allowing them to combine different architectural styles. On November 30, 2012, the Toledo station was elected as the most beautiful of Europe by ''The Daily Telegraph
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''; while the Materdei station resulted at 13th place./ref>
Line 1
Garibaldi
Università
Università (University) Station, designed by architectsKarim Rashid
Karim Rashid (born 1960) is an Egyptian-born and Canadian raised industrial designer. His designs include luxury goods, furniture, lighting, surface design, brand identity and packaging. ''Time'' magazine has described him as the "most famous ind ...
, was inaugurated on March 26, 2011, thirty feet below street level, at the intersection between Piazza Giovanni Bovio
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and Corso Umberto I.
The metro stop, eclectic and full of color, has been designed to symbolize digital and information. In fact, Rashid said that he imagined spaces "that embodies the knowledge and language of the new digital era, which transmit ideas of simultaneous communication, innovation and their mobility of the Third Technological Revolution." In fact, next to the steps leading to the station, were put ceramic tile on which you can find many words coined since the 1960s as "network
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* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
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", " operating","laptop
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The station hall is characterized by very striking panels and colors, the materials used to produce them are Corian
Corian is a brand of solid surface material created by DuPont. Its primary use is as a countertop and benchtop surface, though it has many other applications. It is composed of acrylic polymer and alumina trihydrate (ATH), a material derive ...
and mirrored steel. In the interior there is a strong contrast between the two main colors, fuchsia pink and lime, which are also useful for direct the user to the docks.
In the lobby there are numerous works of art. Beyond the turnstiles there is the artwork ''Conversational Profile'', two large cylindrical pillars in which it is possible to see two faces in profile, symbolizing the dialogue and communication between human beings. The second artwork, ''Ikon'', is a large light box
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, in which several three-dimensional figures seem to float. Instead, among the black pillars and the light box stands ''Synapsi'' (or '' Synopsis''), a sculpture in brushed steel which refers to human intelligence and the neural network of the brain.
Municipio
Toledo
Dante
Museo
Materdei
Salvator Rosa
Quattro Giornate
Vanvitelli
Rione Alto
Line 6
Mergellina
Lala
Augusto
Mostra
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