The application serves as an integral component of a museum installation focused on The Analogous City, a seminal artwork collaboratively crafted by Aldo Rossi, Eraldo Consolascio, Bruno Reichlin, and Fabio Reinhart for the 1976 Venice Biennale of Architecture. This innovative application leverages augmented reality technology to enhance the viewer's experience by overlaying comprehensive references on various layers atop a reproduction of The Analogous City, accessible at http://archizoom.epfl.ch.

This digital tool is essential for engaging with the exhibition titled "Aldo Rossi - The window of the poet, Prints 1973-1997," which is hosted at multiple prestigious venues: Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, Archizoom EPFL in Lausanne, and GAMeC in Bergamo. By acquiring the reproduction in the form of a map of the Analogous City, published by Archizoom, users can replicate the museum installation's interactive experience at any time and location. The printed map also includes insightful texts by Aldo Rossi, Fabio Reinhart, and Dario Rodighiero, enriching the user's understanding of the artwork.

The Analogous City, or La Città Analoga, is conceptualized as a true urban project, incorporating an array of historical and artistic elements. These include Giovanni Battista Caporali's 1536 drawing of Vitruvius’ city, Galileo Galilei's 1610 depiction of the Pleiades Constellation, Tanzio da Varallo's circa 1625 painting of David and Goliath, Francesco Borromini's 1638-1641 plan of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, the 1864 Dufour topographic map, Le Corbusier's 1954 general plan of the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, alongside various architectural projects by Aldo Rossi and his collaborators.

Aldo Rossi's reflections on The Analogous City encapsulate its essence: "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." This statement, featured in Lotus International n. 13 in 1976, underscores the continuous and evolving nature of urban design and the artwork's significance.