DownloadThe application is an integral component of a museum installation focused on The Analogous City, a renowned artwork crafted by Aldo Rossi, Eraldo Consolascio, Bruno Reichlin, and Fabio Reinhart for the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 1976. Utilizing augmented reality, this innovative application enhances the visitor's experience by interacting with a reproduction of The Analogous City, which can be accessed at http://archizoom.epfl.ch. It overlays the artwork with multiple layers, each displaying complete references related to the collage.
This application is essential for engaging with the digital components of the exhibition titled "Aldo Rossi - The window of the poet, Prints 1973-1997," which is hosted at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, Archizoom EPFL in Lausanne, and GAMeC in Bergamo.
By acquiring the reproduction of The Analogous City in map form, published by Archizoom, users can replicate the museum's interactive experience at any location and time. The printed map includes insightful texts by Aldo Rossi, Fabio Reinhart, and Dario Rodighiero, further enriching the user's understanding of the artwork.
The Analogous City, known as La Città Analoga, was envisioned as a comprehensive urban project. Its composition features a variety of historical and artistic elements, such as The Drawing of Vitruvius’ city by Giovanni Battista Caporali (1536), a drawing of the Pleiades Constellation by Galileo Galilei (1610), the painting David and Goliath by Tanzio da Varallo (ca 1625), the plan of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane by Francesco Borromini (1638-1641), the Dufour topographic map (1864), the general plan of the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut by Le Corbusier (1954), and various architectural projects by Aldo Rossi and his collaborators.
Aldo Rossi eloquently described the essence of The Analogous City in Lotus International n. 13 in 1976, stating, "Between past and present, reality and imagination, the analogous city is perhaps simply the city to be designed day by day, tackling problems and overcoming them, with a reasonable certainty that things will ultimately be better."
