Born in Florence in 1938, Andre Branzi received his first formal training at the Florence School of Architecture. Soon after his graduation, Branzi, along with Gilberto Corretti, Paolo Deganello, and Massimo Morozzi, founded the Archizoom Associati, an association firmly against the tenants of modernism. The group instead created plans for imaginative and fictional cities like “No-Stop City” which eliminated a centralized city plan.

The Archizoom movement sought to incorporate elements of pop art into their designs, and the resulting works were imbued with a strong sense of irony and fun. Following the disbanding of Archizoom Associati in 1974, Branzi went on to join Studio Alchimia which aimed to add sen...