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This app is integrated into a museum exhibit showcasing the Analogous City concept.
The app complements a museum installation featuring The Analogous City, an architectural artwork by Aldo Rossi, Eraldo Consolascio, Bruno Reichlin, and Fabio Reinhart—originally presented at the 1976 Venice Biennale of Architecture. Utilizing augmented reality, it collaborates with a physical reproduction of The Analogous City (accessible via http://archizoom.epfl.ch), revealing layered references from the original collage as digital overlays.
This digital tool enhances visitor interaction during the exhibition Aldo Rossi - The Window of the Poet, Prints 1973-1997 at Bonnefanten Museum (Maastricht), Archizoom EPFL (Lausanne), and GAMeC (Bergamo).
Owners of Archizoom's printed map reproduction can experience this museum interaction anywhere. The map includes texts by Aldo Rossi, Fabio Reinhart, and Dario Rodighiero.
Conceived as an urban design manifesto, The Analogous City (La Città Analoga) synthesizes historical references—from Giovanni Battista Caporali's Vitruvian city (1536) and Galileo's Pleiades constellation (1610) to Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut chapel plan (1954)—alongside Rossi's own architectural visions.
"Between history and innovation, reality and fantasy, the analogous city represents the evolving urban landscape we shape daily—confronting challenges with confidence in progress." – Aldo Rossi, Lotus International n.13 (1976)
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