DescargarThis description provides a rich and evocative context for an augmented reality (AR) application tied to The Analogous City—a seminal architectural artwork by Aldo Rossi and collaborators, originally presented at the 1976 Venice Biennale of Architecture. Here's a refined and structured version of the text, suitable for use in exhibition guides, app descriptions, or promotional materials, while preserving all the original meaning and nuance:
The Analogous City: An Augmented Reality Experience
This application is a vital component of The Analogous City museum installation—an immersive exploration of architectural imagination, memory, and urban meaning. Developed in collaboration with Archizoom EPFL, it brings to life the visionary artwork created by Aldo Rossi, Eraldo Consolascio, Bruno Reichlin, and Fabio Reinhart for the 1976 Venice Biennale.
Through augmented reality (AR), the app overlays digital layers onto a physical reproduction of The Analogous City, revealing the intricate network of historical, artistic, and architectural references embedded within the original collage. As you point your device at the printed map, the digital world unfolds above the surface—each layer illuminating a fragment of the city’s layered imagination: from ancient drawings and celestial maps to masterplans by Borromini, Le Corbusier, and Rossi himself.
The experience is not merely visual—it is intellectual and poetic. The app allows users to navigate the intersections of time, form, and memory, where Vitruvius' ideal city, Galileo’s Pleiades, Tanzio da Varallo’s David and Goliath, Borromini’s San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Le Corbusier’s Notre-Dame du Haut, and Rossi’s own architectural visions coexist in a dreamlike urban tapestry.
"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."
— Aldo Rossi, Lotus International, n. 13, 1976
This AR experience was originally featured in the exhibition Aldo Rossi – The Window of the Poet, Prints 1973–1997, presented at:
- Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
- Archizoom EPFL, Lausanne
- GAMeC, Bergamo
Now, through the official printed map of The Analogous City—published by Archizoom—anyone can recreate the full museum installation in their own space. The map includes:
- Facsimiles of the original collage elements
- Curated texts by Aldo Rossi, Fabio Reinhart, and Dario Rodighiero
- Instructions for unlocking the AR layers via the companion app
Whether you're a student, architect, artist, or curious explorer, this is more than a digital supplement—it is a living invitation to reimagine the city not as it is, but as it might be: a city of analogies, fragments, and enduring hope.
Recreate the installation. Reimagine the city.
Available at http://archizoom.epfl.ch
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