Staging the City through the Architectures of Mobility: Napoli through step-by-step storytelling

In the contemporary era, networks and infrastructure have become ways to generate reference and recognisability of cities and territories. Recently the global development of several projects regarding urban transformations started with the redesign of the architecture of mobility. Railway stations, spaces for arrivals and departures full of symbolic meanings, have become places of experimentation to define contemporary urban public spaces. The contribution highlights how the underground stations of Naples are capable of preserving the Mediterranean essence of the city within the architectural dimension. Architectures of mobility are interpreted as narrative devices to reveal stories arising from the city’s underground.