Architettura moderna come palinsesto. La stazione di Littoria [Latina] di Angiolo Mazzoni (1932-2022)

The study investigates construction and transformations of the Littoria railway station designed by Angiolo Mazzoni between 1932 and 1935. In 1923, the Ministry of Communications showed the willingness to build a new rail yard reusing an existing roadman’s house, but nine years later the intentions changed and it was decided to construct a totally new building, inaugurated in 1932. Between 1934 and 1935 the first railway station was expanded by Mazzoni himself. The analysis of the largely unpublished archive documentation allows to overcome the idea of modern building as a results of unitary design action. Despite the current alteration of surfaces and spaces, the railway station today documents a significant process of layering and transformation which represents a relevant feature for knowledge and conservation of the building. The last part of the research documents the serious state of alteration of the façades and interior spaces due to the current use of the railway station, even though the building is listed in accordance with the Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape (Legislative Decree 42/2004), providing first strategies for an active protection of this site and other railway buildings currently at risk.