Aldo Rossi: Metaphor and Memory

Aldo Rossi, author of "The Architecture of the City," captured memories in his architecture.

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April 2, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The architect, Aldo Rossi, who died in 1997 at the age of 66, put psychology back on the architectural map. He was also a major artist who incorporated his own temperament into his design aesthetic... Memory, empathy, intersubjectivity -- the idea that buildings can reshape the boundaries between public and private space: these ideas began with Rossi..."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: A Message From Aldo Rossi, a Poet of Public and Private Memory

Sunday, April 1, 2001 in The New York Times

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