INTERSTITIUM – Modular platform seating
Giovanni Gonzo
Student
Giovanni Gonzo Academic staff
Klaus Hackl Maria Cristina Addis Secil Ugur Yavuz Course
Mind the Gap…! Program
BA Major Design Semester
2021/22 WS Interstitium is a modular seating system that optimizes the available space and allows more comfortable waiting time for commuters.
The design is a combination of a bench and a panel on orthogonal planes offering protection from the wind, increasing personal space and seating comfort on the platform.



A project made in the course
Mind the Gap…!
Ideas for a better quality of stay at Bolzano Station. Much is said about train stations. They are operating facilities and built ideology, a stop for public transport and cargo terminal, a showpiece of their city and a gateway to the world, an infrastructure hub and mobility-system component, a cathedral of the industrial age and shopping mall, a place of longing and Non-Place, a welcome home and a kiss goodbye. Based on our extensive field research and starting from a growing awareness of the ecological benefits of rail travel as well as the changing socio-cultural conditions – triggered by COVID-19 – the semester project focused entirely on the public user interface of Bolzano Station.
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