This app is featured in a museum exhibition showcasing The Analogous City.
The app is a key component of a museum installation exploring The Analogous City—an artistic collaboration by Aldo Rossi, Eraldo Consolascio, Bruno Reichlin, and Fabio Reinhart for the 1976 Venice Biennale of Architecture. Using augmented reality technology, it enhances visitor engagement when paired with a reproduction of The Analogous City (accessible at http://archizoom.epfl.ch), revealing layered references superimposed over the original artwork.
Visitors must use this app to fully experience the digital elements of the exhibition Aldo Rossi - The Window of the Poet, Prints 1973-1997, presented at Bonnefanten Museum (Maastricht), Archizoom EPFL (Lausanne), and GAMeC (Bergamo).
With the purchase of Archizoom's printed reproduction—a map version of The Analogous City including texts by Aldo Rossi, Fabio Reinhart, and Dario Rodighiero—you can recreate the museum's interactive experience anytime, anywhere.
Originally envisioned as an urban design project, The Analogous City (La Città Analoga) incorporates diverse historical elements: Giovanni Battista Caporali's Vitruvian City sketch (1536), Galileo Galilei's Pleiades constellation drawing (1610), Tanzio da Varallo's David and Goliath painting (c.1625), Francesco Borromini's San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane plans (1638-1641), Dufour's topographic map (1864), Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut chapel design (1954), alongside Rossi's own architectural works.
"Between history and modernity, reality and fantasy, the analogous city may simply represent urban spaces shaped daily—confronting challenges with confidence in continuous improvement." —Aldo Rossi on The Analogous City, Lotus International n.13 (1976).
