Analogous City 3.0
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Publisher Description
This new publication of The Analogous City, an artwork produced by Aldo Rossi, Eraldo Consolascio, Bruno Reichlin and Fabio Reinhart for the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 1976, is part of a museographic installation for the exhibition Aldo Rossi - The Window of the Poet at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht.
Description
The application is part of a museographic installation about The Analogous City, an artwork of Aldo Rossi,
Eraldo Consolascio, Bruno Reichlin and Fabio Reinhart, created for the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 1976. Based on augmented reality, this application works in combination with a reproduction of The Analogous City—available at http://archizoom.epfl.ch—displaying the complete references belonging to the collage, on different layers supended over the artwork.
The application is necessary to interact with the digital installation for the exhibition Aldo Rossi - The window of the poet, Prints 1973-1997 taking place at Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, at Archizoom EPFL in Lausanne and GAMeC in Bergamo.
By purchasing the reproduction inform of map of the Analogous City published by Archizoom, you can recreate whenever and wherever the interaction of the museum installation. The printed map contains texts by Aldo Rossi, Fabio Reinhart and Dario Rodighiero.
The Analogous City (La Città Analoga) was conceived as a genuine urban project. Its composing elements include among others The Drawing of Vitruvius’ city by Giovanni Battista Caporali (1536), a drawing of Pleiades Constellation by Galileo Galilei (1610), David and Goliath, a painting 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.
“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 about the Analogous City, in Lotus International n. 13 in 1976.
Concept, design and architectural research: Dario Rodighiero, EPFL
Organization: Cyril Veillon, director of Archizoom, EPFL and Ton Quik, exhibition curator at Bonnefanten Museum
Research support: Fabio Reinhart, Beatrice Lampariello, Ton Quik
The map of The Analogous City is a research project by Dario Rodighiero, doctoral assistant at the Digital Humanities Lab (DHLAB) of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.
Feb 25, 2021
Version 3.0
Some modifications for the MAXII Roma exhibition
https://www.maxxi.art
About Analogous City
Analogous City is a free app for iOS published in the Kids list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops Analogous City is Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL. The latest version released by its developer is 3.0.
To install Analogous City on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2021-02-25 and was downloaded 12 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Analogous City as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install Analogous City on your iOS device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
- Once the Analogous City is shown in the iTunes listing of your iOS device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the GET button to the right of the app to start downloading it.
- If you are not logged-in the iOS appstore app, you'll be prompted for your your Apple ID and/or password.
- After Analogous City is downloaded, you'll see an INSTALL button to the right. Tap on it to start the actual installation of the iOS app.
- Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.
