The station, designed by the architect Hubert Siola, serve a wide area around the hill Pizzafalcone, on the border between the districts Chiaia and San Ferdinando.

The artistic installation by Peter Greenaway is conceptually intended to represent a journey through the mythology of Greek gods,[3] starting from the upper entrance down to the platform level.

The upper entrance is topped by a steel and crystal glass dome with a lowered arch, which allows natural light to filter down for about forty meters, illuminating the tracks.

It is structured in a square matrix form, housing an exhibition of large reproductions of statues from the Farnese collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

The track level, characterized by the color red and dedicated to Hades, is dominated by a steel dome with a hollow center to allow natural light to pass through, featuring 320 orange eyes representing the gaze of the King of the Underworld on the waiting travelers.