ANALOGY

STUDIO is a platform
It’s a raft. It’s a travelling sharing of theories and critics, experiences and proposals, bound for save
ideas for city from the city itself.
STUDIO is a magazine about the contemporary urban condition
It’s a seasonal independent journal edited and directed by Romolo Calabrese together with RRC
studio architects. It’s based in Milan, but its reach is global.
It addresses issues involving the urban context, its strategies and its developments.
STUDIO is written by architects 
But it’s not written only by architects or just for architects.
STUDIO is research 
It concerns the city, in a generic way. It’s ephemeral. It does not solve, but it poses issues. It’s almost
simple as it is profound.
STUDIO is a mental activity of learning and knowledge 
Every issue is conceived as a collection of writings, commentaries, reportages, photographic galleries,
films and videos on urban topics. Thus, to deliver a multidisciplinary approach and open discussions
based on a comprehensive overview.
Therefore, it uses different media types to reach a global audience.
STUDIO is where STUDIO was born, grows, will develop

ANALOGIC is a dimension that varies continuously as a variable, assuming an endless number of values.
The etymology of ANALOGIC originates from the union of two Greek words, “Ana” and “Logos”, which
indicates “something similar” or “the same word”.

In recent years we are observing the weakening of the ANALOGIC architecture, which is molded into
an endless proliferation of unique architectural objects that decline any fixed references.

ANALOGIC is the public space;

ANALOGIC is the relational space for citizens;
ANALOGIC is a composite procedure with a surrealist base, starting from certain events of the urban
condition;
ANALOGIC is an alternative way to address the city, approaching imagination, intuition and personal
interests;
ANALOGIC makes the city an artifact, an idea of type, architectural autonomy, and history as a
collective imagination;

STUDIO # 18 ANALOGIC aims to understand how architecture negotiates its formal condition and its
social role, asking itself: what are the ANALOGIC processes to use to dodge repetitions? What are
the ANALOGIC methods to have a real force on the transformation of the city?
What are the ANALOGIC approaches in which architects can create a contemporary city?