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A Rome exhibition space visualizes how we can build better virtual worlds

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Space Popular developed the exhibition by showing parallels between virtual world-building and Aldo Rossi’s concepts of ‘urban fact’ (fatto urbano) and the ‘analogous city’ (città analoga). - Musacchio, Ianniello, Pasqualini & Fucilla, courtesy of Fondazione MAXXI
A partnership between MAXXI and Italian materials brand Alcantara, the show – titled Search History – marks the fifth edition of initiative Studio Visit. - Matthew Blunderfield
Space Popular’s take on Rossi’s work questions how metaverse platforms sell land, proposing a more civic approach to virtual urbanism. - Matthew Blunderfield

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Design
Space Popular
Client
MAXXI, Alcantara
Curator
Domitilla Dardi
Sound Design
San Jeronimo

An exhibition by Space Popular at MAXXI, Rome’s national museum of 21st-century art, shows why the ideas of influential Italian architect Aldo Rossi are relevant to the met

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