Stazioni ferroviarie: laboratori di innovazione = Railway Stations: Laboratories of Innovation

The railway station has historically represented a laboratory of technological innovation, evolving from the initial separation between architectural and engineering approaches towards increasing integration. While in the 19th century technical manuals standardized functional typologies, the adoption of new materials at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries overcame the antinomy between style and type. The modern movement introduced a unitary and functionalist vision