“For Matera we have imagined an infrastructure that can effectively become a place of passage, but also of gathering and socializing. A public place composed of two open areas: the longitudinal void (at a level of 6 meters below ground) along the tracks, and the void (at ground level) of the covered plaza, bordered by a large canopy,” says Stefano Boeri.
“The public space of the new station can offer the public a sequence of places capable of capturing and reflecting light in different ways. A tribute to the remarkable experience of perception offered by the Sassi (cave dwellings) and their continuous metamorphosis in caverns, steps, terraces, overhangs that change light and depth depending on the position of the sun and the moon in the sky.”