VALLE AURELIA
LA VELA
Station Valle Aurelia
Veiled parts and unveiled parts to transform architecture into poetry
The idea of the restyling project Valle Aurelia station has the main purpose of enhancing the whole complex, giving the station building not only places of transit, but also living spaces of architectural quality.



Foto © Moreno Maggi
Awards
The restyling project of the Valle Aurelia station in Rome is the winner of prestigious prizes and awards for design excellence. Among which he won the Architect of the Year Award – The Architecture Community (First Award) and the GADA Award 2019 for Sustainability and Innovation.premi e riconoscimenti.




Double Skin
The idea of creating a double skin in expanded metal was born from the need to offer a new architectural and formal look to the existing building. The second skin has thus given rise to an architectural transfiguration without altering or subtracting elements from the original building body.
Urban context
The station was characterized by a vertical development. The design outcome offers the observer the idea of being faced with two distinct buildings, one going uphill, the other downhill: the univocal choice of materials offers and maintains a strong sense of unity instead. A result obtained also thanks to the use of colors and the study of distances and the perception of volumes.
Credits
Team |
Alessia Maggio |
Luca Bertolini |
Pamela Grimaldi |
Silvia Marmiroli |
Alessia Ricci |
Dario Taffi |
Collaboraters |
D’Alesio&Santoro |
Alpewa S.r.l. |
Ecosteel S.r.l. |
Awards
2021 |
rtf Runners-Up Award |
Architect of the Year Award |
2020 |
The PLAN Award, Shortlisted |
World Design Award |
2019 |
UDAD Award |
NDA Design Award |
GADA Sustainability Award |
IAA Award |
Videos
Architecture of Alessia Maggio