The application is an integral part of a museum installation dedicated to The Analogous City, a collaborative artwork by Aldo Rossi, Eraldo Consolascio, Bruno Reichlin, and Fabio Reinhart, which debuted at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 1976. Utilizing augmented reality technology, this application enhances the experience of a reproduction of The Analogous City, which can be viewed at http://archizoom.epfl.ch. It overlays the artwork with multiple layers, providing complete references to the collage's elements.
This application is essential for interacting with the digital installation featured in the exhibition "Aldo Rossi - The window of the poet, Prints 1973-1997," hosted at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, Archizoom EPFL in Lausanne, and GAMeC in Bergamo.
By acquiring the reproduction of The Analogous City in the form of a map published by Archizoom, users can replicate the museum installation's interactive experience anywhere and anytime. The printed map also includes texts by Aldo Rossi, Fabio Reinhart, and Dario Rodighiero.
The Analogous City, or La Città Analoga, was envisioned as a true urban project. Its components encompass a range of historical and artistic references, such as Giovanni Battista Caporali's Drawing of Vitruvius’ city (1536), Galileo Galilei's drawing of the Pleiades Constellation (1610), Tanzio da Varallo's painting David and Goliath (ca 1625), Francesco Borromini's plan of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1638-1641), the Dufour topographic map (1864), Le Corbusier's general plan of the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut (1954), and various architectural projects by Aldo Rossi and his team.
Aldo Rossi reflected on 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."
