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What will the home of tomorrow look like?
In Future Homes (RIBA Publishing @riba), Ellie Stathaki brings together projects shaped by climate pressures and changing patterns of living, without losing beauty along the way.
We’re proud to see The Greenary, designed by CRA-Carlo ...Ratti Associati (@crassociati), featured among them.
Set in the countryside outside Parma, The Greenary reimagines a traditional farmhouse around a 10 meter tall ficus tree named Alma. Living spaces spiral around its branches, light pours in through a south facing glass wall, and a carefully tuned microclimate allows architecture and nature to share the same interior environment.
#FutureHomes #RIBA #CarloRattiAssociati
“The School of Biennale Architettura 2025” graduates to the AIA College of Fellows.
As the lights dim in Venice, Ma Yansong (@madarchitects), Lina Ghotmeh (@linaghotmeh_architecture) and Carlo Ratti (@crassociati) join the Order of Honorary AIA Fellows (@aianational).
In a ...year shaped by adaptation and by a broader understanding of intelligence — natural, artificial, collective — their election underscores a simple idea: architecture advances through shared knowledge and shared responsibility.
The exhibition may be closed, but that collective momentum continues — within the AIA College of Fellows, and in the work still to come.
@labiennale #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #AIACollegeOfFellows #AIAFellows
Meet the team!
Meet our team member Javier Madero (@javier__img)! With Swedish, Mexican, and Spanish roots, Javier brings an international perspective to the design and storytelling projects he works across. He holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Architecture from IE ...University, where he also co-directed Prologue Magazine (@prologuemagazine).
From researching thin-tile vaulting in Spain (presented at ETH Zurich) to exploring how plastic waste can be upcycled into construction materials under the guidance of Ben van Berkel (UNStudio), he has a keen interest in material innovation.
Javier joined CRA (@crassociati) as a member of the Biennale Architettura 2025 (@labiennale) curatorial team, helping coordinate participant relations, the GENS public programme, and the Construction Futures initiative. Since then, he has worked across communications, design, and strategy teams. Our very own wildcard 🃏
#MeetTheTeam #PeopleOfCRA #CarloRattiAssociati #CRA
Conceived in direct dialogue with the landscape: Quisimangia, the Mutti Canteen is a BIG SEE Architecture Award 2026 winner 🌱🏆
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati for Mutti, the company canteen in Italy’s Food Valley is carved from the site itself. A green roof made from ...compacted earth crowns a dining hall set at meadow level, immersing people in the surrounding landscape.
The project is also nominated for the BIG SEE Architecture Award Grand Prix in the Industrial Buildings and Workspace category.
From a floor made with recycled tomato skins to a design rooted in circularity, Quisimangia reflects a shared commitment to sustainability and everyday wellbeing.
#Quisimangia #Mutti #BIGSEEArchitectureAward #Architecture #WorkspaceDesign
Flipping open a digitally fabricated bivouac, designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) in collaboration with Salone del Mobile.Milano (@isaloniofficial) ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, featured in Interni Magazine (@internimagazine)’s January–February issue dedicated to Sport ...& Design.
The bivouac’s glass wall offers a meditative view of the surrounding Alps. Beyond its function as a shelter, the structure provides a temporary sanctuary—a place for reflection, rest, and connection to nature.
#CRACarloRattiAssociati #SaloneDelMobile #Interni #Design #SportandDesign #CircularDesign #Sustainability #Bivouac #CRA
The Speakers’ Corner at Biennale Architettura (@labiennale) became a stage for the Dance Corps of the Rome Opera Theatre during Teatro La Fenice’s (@teatrolafenice) Concerto di Capodanno 2026.
A space dedicated to dialogue, workshops and respite throughout the Exhibition now ...reactivated through movement for the New Year’s concert.
#BiennaleArchitettura2025 #IntelliGens @raicultura @crassociati @johnstonmarklee @christopherhawthorne @flor_ness
The Speakers’ Corner was supported by Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Kartell, COIMA, UIC University of Illinois Chicago, Deborah Berke, and Yale School of Architecture, Sidara, City of Amsterdam, Veneta Cucine, Buzzi, Fondazione Modena
Wood Panels provided by technical supporter Saviola (@grupposaviola).
A decade in and we’re just getting started.
We’re proud to continue our collaboration with @ams_institute, building on years of joint research—including the iconic @roboat.tech project, now its own startup—as we head into the next five years of big ideas, big data, and urban ...innovation.
#amsterdam #researchcommunity #mit
Yesterday in Turin, the Olympic Torch returned to familiar streets, carried by its designer Carlo Ratti as the relay continued on the path to the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games.
Designed to step back and let the flame take center stage, the torch embodies a radical idea of subtraction, ...where the object exists only to support what truly matters.
“The most powerful symbols are strongest when they let something else shine.”
Born from the vision of Versalis (Official Supporter of the Games), the torch was designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and engineered by Cavagna Group.
@milanocortina2026 #MilanoCortina2026 #TorchRelay2026 #OlympicGames #Torino
Today, the Olympic Torch returns to familiar ground, with Carlo Ratti carrying the flame through Torino as it continues its journey toward the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games. 🔥
@milanocortina2026 @olympics #MilanoCortina2026 #TorchRelay2026 #OlympicGames #Torino
Patience, it turns out, may be one of the most powerful urban tools we have.
In @financialtimes, Carlo Ratti writes about how accepting just a five minute delay in home deliveries could urban delivery traffic by around 30%.
In the race for instant gratification, cities are paying... the price, and a small pause might go a surprisingly long way.
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
#FinancialTimes #Cities #UrbanLife
#UrbanMobility #FutureCities
We’re delighted to see the France Pavilion staircase featured by Dezeen (@dezeen) as one of the Top 10 staircases of the year.
Designed by Coldefy (@coldefy.fr) with CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassosciati), the France Pavilion at Osaka World Expo 2025 reimagined the space as a theatre ...of life.
This sinuous staircase evokes grand staircases in theatres and creates a dialogue between the inside of the Pavilion and the plaza outside, blurring the boundaries between inside and out, providing a sense of welcome and openness to all. It also draws on the Japanese legend of Akai Ito, the invisible red thread binding people destined to meet.
Images by @julienlanoo
@thomascoldefy @isabelvanhaute @franceexpo2025osaka @expo2025japan #Expo2025 #FrancePavilion #Coldefy #CRACarloRattiAssociati #Architecture #Design
2025, in review.
A year of building with care and adapting more.
From research to prototypes, from Biennale to COP30, our work focused on architecture that responds to place and people.
Across continents and scales, projects evolved as living systems, sensing and adapting... over time. Architecture as dialogue. Design as a collective effort.
Thank you to all collaborators and communities who made this year possible.
Onwards. 🌍
#CRA #2026 #architecture #design #CarloRattiAssociati
It’s been a little over a month since the doors closed on the Biennale Architettura 2025 (@labiennale) — Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.
Over six months, the Exhibition, curated by Carlo Ratti (@crassociati), became a living laboratory of perspectives — more than 750 ...contributors exploring how architecture can adapt and respond in a changing world.
As the exhibition lights fade, the spirit of Intelligens continues — a Petri dish of ideas carried into daily practice. Architecture can guide our adaptation and, echoing Buckminster Fuller’s words, help shape the utopia of a more livable tomorrow.
#Intelligens #LaBiennaleDiVenezia #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #CRA
Stepping into the MAE Museum (@mae_museum_), the archive unfolds as a landscape of possibilities.
Behind its many doors, precious patents and objects wait to be discovered, tracing the evolution of carbon fiber from industrial process to material icon. Digital overlays guide visitors ...through MAE’s universe, turning technical expertise into a readable, immersive experience.
Here, the archive becomes a living museum — a place to connect ideas and observe how innovation takes shape over time.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) in collaboration with the late Italo Rota.
Images by @beppemiotto and @marcocappellettistudio
@maechemistrymachinery @annymuselove #MAEMuseum #CarloRattiAssociati #ItaloRota #CarbonFiber
Carlo Ratti (@crassociati) sat down with NBC News (@nbcnews) to speak about the design of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic torch, and how its stripped back design allows the flame to take centre stage.
He reflected on returning to what is essential, giving full presence to the flame, and on... balancing the honor of designing the torch with the great responsibility it carries.
Many thanks to NBC’s Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez.nbc).
The torch was born from the vision of Versalis (Official Supporter of the Games), in collaboration with CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati for the design and Cavagna Group for engineering.
#IOC #OlympicTorch #MilanoCortina2026 #CarloRattiAssociati #Olympics #Paralympics
Meet MAE Museum ✨
Designed by CRA–Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) in collaboration with the late Italo Rota, MAE Museum transforms one of the world’s largest archives dedicated to the science of carbon fiber into a dynamic, living museum.
Commissioned by MAE in the ...heart of Italy’s Motor Valley, the project reimagines the archive as an interactive landscape for exploration.
Images by @beppemiotto and @marcocappellettistudio
@mae_museum_ @maechemistrymachinery @annymuselove
#MAEMuseum #CarloRattiAssociati #ItaloRota #CarbonFiber
Curiosity is the engine that drives innovation — and it was at the heart of Professor Carlo Ratti’s opening keynote at Business of Design Week in Hong Kong.
Carlo explored how natural, artificial, and collective intelligence can reshape cities into adaptive systems that sense and ...evolve with citizens’ needs.
He also reflected on interdisciplinary collaboration, the vision behind the Biennale Architettura 2025, and the design of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic torches.
Thank you to BODW for opening the conversation — and to everyone pushing design toward a more intelligent, human future.
@bodwplus @hkdesigncentre #BODW2025 #BusinessOfDesignWeek
Tracing the first week of the #MilanoCortina2026 Torch Relay!
The torch carried the flame from Rome and traveled through Umbria before reaching the heart of Tuscany, lighting up Florence and continuing to the coast at Livorno, its PVD coating reflecting centuries of art and architecture ...along the route. Next stop Sardegna!
Born from the vision of Versalis (Official Supporter of the Games), the torch was designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and engineered by Cavagna Group.
Spotted the torch along the way? Tag us in your posts.
#IOC #OlympicTorch #MilanoCortina2026 #CarloRattiAssociati #Olympics #Paralympics
The relay to “l’è grand Milan” begins. Today, the Olympic flame was lit in Rome and is now crossing Italy on its way to Cortina and Milan. ✨
Congratulations to all the #MilanoCortina2026 Olympic and Paralympic torch bearers.
The torch was born from the vision of Versalis ...(Official Supporter of the Games), in collaboration with CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati for the design and Cavagna Group for engineering.
🔗 Read more via @milanocortina2026 @olympics @eni @enilive_official #versalis
#IOC #OlympicTorch #MilanoCortina2026 #CarloRattiAssociati #Olympics #paralympics
AquaPraça has officially completed its journey as one of the defining landmarks of COP30 (@cop30nobrasil) — and soon, a lasting cultural landmark for Belém.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) and Höweler + Yoon (@howeleryoonarchitecture), the floating plaza now rests... on the Guajará Bay, rising and falling with the Amazon tides as it hosts cultural events and creates public spaces where people can meet the water at eye level — already welcoming over 25,000 visitors during this year’s climate summit.
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A AquaPraça concluiu oficialmente sua jornada como um dos marcos emblemáticos da COP30 — e, em breve, será também um duradouro ponto cultural para Belém.
Projetada pela CRA–Carlo Ratti Associati e pela Höweler + Yoon, a praça flutuante agora estaciona na Baía do Guajará, subindo e descendo com as marés amazônicas enquanto recebe eventos culturais e cria espaços públicos onde as pessoas podem encontrar a água na altura dos olhos — já acolhendo mais de 25.000 visitantes durante a cúpula do clima deste ano.
@ciheam_bari @connect4climate @italymfa @mase_it @bloombergdotorg @cop30nobrasil
In partnership with Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, AquaPraça was made possible thanks to a broad international coalition. AquaPraça will be donated by Italy to Brazil after COP30, becoming a permanent community space dedicated to climate engagement, cultural initiatives, and creative industries in partnership with the State of Pará.
#HowelerYoon #AquaPraça #COP30 #ClimateAction #FloatingArchitecture #PublicSpace #DesignForChange #Belém #VeniceBiennale #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #Intelligens #ArchitectureAndClimate #CollectiveDesign
Join us on the closing day of Biennale Architettura 2025.
From 12:15 to 17:00, the Speakers’ Corner hosts ‘Intelligens Legacy’, a series of short forums exploring how the exhibition’s ideas, materials, and collaborations continue beyond Venice, from research and upcycling to long ...term initiatives.
📍 Corderie dell’Arsenale, Venice
🗓 23 November 2025
We are pleased to welcome contributions from @scape_studio (Craig Douglas and Marco Scano), Mark Wigley (@wig56) and Beatriz Colomina, @cittadellarte (Michele Cerruti), @terreform_1 (Melanie Fessel), @embtarchitects (Benedetta Tagliabue), Luc Steels, Christopher Pierce (@christopher.d.pierce), and Nigel Coates (@nigelcoates_projects).
Don’t miss the chance to see how the Biennale lives on.
@labiennale #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #IntelliGens
Take a peek inside the MAE Museum, the world’s first museum dedicated to carbon fiber.
A hidden industrial archive ignites in Italy’s Motor Valley, unfolding as an immersive lab of discovery and material innovation designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) and Italo Rota ...(@italorotastudio).
Image by @beppemiotto and @marcocappellettistudio.
@mae_museum_ @maechemistrymachinery #MAEMuseum #CarloRattiAssociati #ItaloRota #MotorValley #CarbonFiber
AquaPraça, the floating cultural plaza designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon, has become one of the defining landmarks of the UN Climate Change Conference COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
Having crossed the Atlantic, the platform now sits on the Guajará Bay as part of the Italian ...Pavilion at COP30. Engineered to adapt to the tides, it will serve as a civic stage for dialogue, culture, and climate action throughout the summit.
After its debut in Venice during the Biennale Architettura 2025, developed in partnership with Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, and the COP30 Presidency, AquaPraça now takes on its next role as an integral part of the Italian Pavilion at the UN Climate Change Conference.
AquaPraça was made possible through a unique international coalition, including the Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation, CIHEAM Bari and the World Bank Group’s Connect4Climate program, and with the support of BF International – Member of BF S.p.A. Group (as AquaPraça COP30 Naming Partner), Bloomberg Philanthropies, Costa Crociere, ENEL, and Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. AquaPraça was constructed by Italian leading advanced steel construction Company, Cimolai. After COP30, Aquapraca will be donated by Italy to Brazil to become a community space for promoting social engagement on climate, cultural strategy, and creative industries, in partnership with the State of Parà, Brazil.
Images: @leonardofinotti
#CRA @howeleryoonarchitecture @ciheam_bari @connect4climate @italymfa @mase_it @bloombergdotorg @cop30nobrasil @cimolai_group
#HowelerYoon #AquaPraça #COP30 #ClimateAction #FloatingArchitecture #PublicSpace #DesignForChange #Belém #VeniceBiennale #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #Intelligens #ArchitectureAndClimate #CollectiveDesign
🔔 Join our research team shaping urban futures: Senseable is recruiting internationally! 🌏
Visit senseable.mit.edu for full list of open positions and to apply.
Questions? Contact senseable-applicants@mit.edu
#recruiting #research #urbanfutures #smartcities ...#applynow
Something is coming. Algo está chegando.
After debuting at Biennale Architettura 2025 (@labiennale), AquaPraça, the floating agora by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) and Höweler + Yoon (@howeleryoonarchitecture), is mooring in Belém for COP30.
A platform for climate ...dialogue, rising and falling with the tides of our planet.
AquaPraça, designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon, was unveiled at the UN Climate Change Conference COP30 Conference in Belém by Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and COP30 Presidency.
AquaPraça was made possible through a unique international coalition, including the Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation, CIHEAM Bari and the World Bank Group’s Connect4Climate program, and with the support of BF International – Member of BF S.p.A. Group (as AquaPraça COP30 Naming Partner), Bloomberg Philanthropies, Costa Crociere, ENEL, and Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. AquaPraça was constructed by Italian leading advanced steel construction Company, Cimolai. After COP30, Aquapraca will be donated by Italy to Brazil to become a community space for promoting social engagement on climate, cultural strategy and creative industries in partnership with the State of Parà of Brazil.
#CRA @italymfa @ciheam_bari @connect4climate @bloombergdotorg @howeleryoonarchitecture @mase_it @cop30nobrasil @cimolai_group #HowelerYoon #AquaPraça #COP30 #ClimateAction #FloatingArchitecture #PublicSpace #DesignForChange #Belém #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #Intelligens #ArchitectureAndClimate #CollectiveDesign
What will the home of tomorrow look like?
In Future Homes (RIBA Publishing @riba), Ellie Stathaki brings together projects shaped by climate pressures and changing patterns of living, without losing beauty along the way.
We’re proud to see The Greenary, designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati), featured among them.
Set in the countryside outside Parma, The Greenary reimagines a traditional farmhouse around a 10 meter tall ficus tree named Alma. Living spaces spiral around its branches, light pours in through a south facing glass wall, and a carefully tuned microclimate allows architecture and nature to share the same interior environment.
#FutureHomes #RIBA #CarloRattiAssociati
“The School of Biennale Architettura 2025” graduates to the AIA College of Fellows.
As the lights dim in Venice, Ma Yansong (@madarchitects), Lina Ghotmeh (@linaghotmeh_architecture) and Carlo Ratti (@crassociati) join the Order of Honorary AIA Fellows (@aianational).
In a year shaped by adaptation and by a broader understanding of intelligence — natural, artificial, collective — their election underscores a simple idea: architecture advances through shared knowledge and shared responsibility.
The exhibition may be closed, but that collective momentum continues — within the AIA College of Fellows, and in the work still to come.
@labiennale #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #AIACollegeOfFellows #AIAFellows
Meet the team!
Meet our team member Javier Madero (@javier__img)! With Swedish, Mexican, and Spanish roots, Javier brings an international perspective to the design and storytelling projects he works across. He holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Architecture from IE University, where he also co-directed Prologue Magazine (@prologuemagazine).
From researching thin-tile vaulting in Spain (presented at ETH Zurich) to exploring how plastic waste can be upcycled into construction materials under the guidance of Ben van Berkel (UNStudio), he has a keen interest in material innovation.
Javier joined CRA (@crassociati) as a member of the Biennale Architettura 2025 (@labiennale) curatorial team, helping coordinate participant relations, the GENS public programme, and the Construction Futures initiative. Since then, he has worked across communications, design, and strategy teams. Our very own wildcard 🃏
#MeetTheTeam #PeopleOfCRA #CarloRattiAssociati #CRA
Conceived in direct dialogue with the landscape: Quisimangia, the Mutti Canteen is a BIG SEE Architecture Award 2026 winner 🌱🏆
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati for Mutti, the company canteen in Italy’s Food Valley is carved from the site itself. A green roof made from compacted earth crowns a dining hall set at meadow level, immersing people in the surrounding landscape.
The project is also nominated for the BIG SEE Architecture Award Grand Prix in the Industrial Buildings and Workspace category.
From a floor made with recycled tomato skins to a design rooted in circularity, Quisimangia reflects a shared commitment to sustainability and everyday wellbeing.
#Quisimangia #Mutti #BIGSEEArchitectureAward #Architecture #WorkspaceDesign
Flipping open a digitally fabricated bivouac, designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) in collaboration with Salone del Mobile.Milano (@isaloniofficial) ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, featured in Interni Magazine (@internimagazine)’s January–February issue dedicated to Sport & Design.
The bivouac’s glass wall offers a meditative view of the surrounding Alps. Beyond its function as a shelter, the structure provides a temporary sanctuary—a place for reflection, rest, and connection to nature.
#CRACarloRattiAssociati #SaloneDelMobile #Interni #Design #SportandDesign #CircularDesign #Sustainability #Bivouac #CRA
The Speakers’ Corner at Biennale Architettura (@labiennale) became a stage for the Dance Corps of the Rome Opera Theatre during Teatro La Fenice’s (@teatrolafenice) Concerto di Capodanno 2026.
A space dedicated to dialogue, workshops and respite throughout the Exhibition now reactivated through movement for the New Year’s concert.
#BiennaleArchitettura2025 #IntelliGens @raicultura @crassociati @johnstonmarklee @christopherhawthorne @flor_ness
The Speakers’ Corner was supported by Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Kartell, COIMA, UIC University of Illinois Chicago, Deborah Berke, and Yale School of Architecture, Sidara, City of Amsterdam, Veneta Cucine, Buzzi, Fondazione Modena
Wood Panels provided by technical supporter Saviola (@grupposaviola).
A decade in and we’re just getting started.
We’re proud to continue our collaboration with @ams_institute, building on years of joint research—including the iconic @roboat.tech project, now its own startup—as we head into the next five years of big ideas, big data, and urban innovation.
#amsterdam #researchcommunity #mit
Yesterday in Turin, the Olympic Torch returned to familiar streets, carried by its designer Carlo Ratti as the relay continued on the path to the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games.
Designed to step back and let the flame take center stage, the torch embodies a radical idea of subtraction, where the object exists only to support what truly matters.
“The most powerful symbols are strongest when they let something else shine.”
Born from the vision of Versalis (Official Supporter of the Games), the torch was designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and engineered by Cavagna Group.
@milanocortina2026 #MilanoCortina2026 #TorchRelay2026 #OlympicGames #Torino
Today, the Olympic Torch returns to familiar ground, with Carlo Ratti carrying the flame through Torino as it continues its journey toward the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games. 🔥
@milanocortina2026 @olympics #MilanoCortina2026 #TorchRelay2026 #OlympicGames #Torino
Patience, it turns out, may be one of the most powerful urban tools we have.
In @financialtimes, Carlo Ratti writes about how accepting just a five minute delay in home deliveries could urban delivery traffic by around 30%.
In the race for instant gratification, cities are paying the price, and a small pause might go a surprisingly long way.
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
#FinancialTimes #Cities #UrbanLife
#UrbanMobility #FutureCities
We’re delighted to see the France Pavilion staircase featured by Dezeen (@dezeen) as one of the Top 10 staircases of the year.
Designed by Coldefy (@coldefy.fr) with CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassosciati), the France Pavilion at Osaka World Expo 2025 reimagined the space as a theatre of life.
This sinuous staircase evokes grand staircases in theatres and creates a dialogue between the inside of the Pavilion and the plaza outside, blurring the boundaries between inside and out, providing a sense of welcome and openness to all. It also draws on the Japanese legend of Akai Ito, the invisible red thread binding people destined to meet.
Images by @julienlanoo
@thomascoldefy @isabelvanhaute @franceexpo2025osaka @expo2025japan #Expo2025 #FrancePavilion #Coldefy #CRACarloRattiAssociati #Architecture #Design
2025, in review.
A year of building with care and adapting more.
From research to prototypes, from Biennale to COP30, our work focused on architecture that responds to place and people.
Across continents and scales, projects evolved as living systems, sensing and adapting over time. Architecture as dialogue. Design as a collective effort.
Thank you to all collaborators and communities who made this year possible.
Onwards. 🌍
#CRA #2026 #architecture #design #CarloRattiAssociati
A decade in and we’re just getting started.
We’re proud to continue our collaboration with @ams_institute, building on years of joint research—including the iconic @roboat.tech project, now its own startup—as we head into the next five years of big ideas, big data, and urban innovation.
#amsterdam #researchcommunity #mit
🔔 Join our research team shaping urban futures: Senseable is recruiting internationally! 🌏
Visit senseable.mit.edu for full list of open positions and to apply.
Questions? Contact senseable-applicants@mit.edu
#recruiting #research #urbanfutures #smartcities #applynow
The MIT Senseable City Lab is co-hosting a biodiversity mapping event at Carré Laval, the future site of a new urban park & innovation area 🌎. We’re looking for Canada-based volunteers to help crowdsource data on local plants & insects using the ObsIdentify app.
Please sign up here: forms.gle/HtgwZqLQbfnsC6sCA, or scan the QR below.
Friday, Sept 26 2025
Two sessions: 10:30–12:00 & 2:30–4:00 (join one or both!)
Bring your smartphone with ObsIdentify installed
Come explore, document, and shape the future of this green space with us!
#volunteers #laval #biodiversity #urbanpark
The 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, "Intelligens: Natural, Artificial and Collective" invites visitors to confront the planet`s future—one maze-like installation at a time as described by The New York Times OpEd "Searching for Meaning Amid the Jumble, at the Venice Architecture Biennale".
Read the full article at the link in our bio. @labiennale #labiennaledivenezia
There is a strong Senseable presence at the 19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management in London! Here, a few former Senseables grabbed dinner post-conference. Great to see so many of our Labbies together!
Left to right: Maosu, Winston, Rohit, Tom, Cate, Arianna, Yuan, and Minwook, who is not SCL, but MIT LCAU!
#community #CUPUM #alumni #urbanplannjng #MIT
Senseable City Amsterdam and @ams_institute are representing at Amsterdam Innovation Day!
Stop by Marineterrein today between 2:00-5:00, say hello 👋 and celebrate 750 years of Amsterdam 🇳🇱
#futurefest #amsterdam #innovation
The 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Carlo Ratti, opened to the public over the weekend.
We’re excited to share a little behind the scenes of the work that went into bringing Senseable’s Data Clouds ☁️ and Re-Leaf 🌳 exhibitions to life.
Special thanks to our collaborators at @mit @harvardgsd @journeydotworld and beyond!
@labiennale
#biennalearchitettura2025 #MIT #harvardgsd #intelligens #labiennaledivenezia #urban #innovation
🍃Re-Leaf🍃 transforms tree distribution data in Amsterdam, Dubai, Los Angeles, and Rome, into dynamic “green skyscrapers”: physical models that allow visitors to intuitively compare vegetation density across very different climates and urban forms.
We are excited to see this exhibition come to life in just about a week!
#vegetation #urbangreenery #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #venicebiennale
DUSP Students of class 11.320 taught by Fábio Duarte and Simone Mora presented their solutions to tackle urban heat in the city of #Rome to personnel of the U.S. Embassy to Italy @ambasciatausa and officers of Carabinieri Command of the Forest, Environmental and Agri-food units @carabinieri.forestali. SCL would like to thank Cultural Attaché Karen Schinnerer and Cultural Program Coordinator Tiziana Candiloro for their hospitality and the U.S. Mission to Italy’s 2024 Annual Program Statement (APS) for financial support.
Congratulations to these students whose last day of class was today! 🎉
#senseableabroad #urbanheat #MIT #dusp
At Dubai’s AI week, we shared how our global research tackles local challenges, with a special focus on our work at Senseable City Dubai.
From #sustainability to #urbaninnovation, our collaboration with @dubaifuture is helping shape new ways of sensing and understanding the city in extreme climate conditions.
We are so grateful to our research teams in both Dubai and Cambridge for their brilliant work—we are excited to keep working on these projects!
#dubaifuture #ai
Blending physical and digital experiences, ☁Data Clouds☁ challenges audiences to rethink these communities—not as marginalized spaces, but as vital, evolving environments born from human resilience and ingenuity.
#urbanresilience #community #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #venicebiennale
🌼 Spring is in full swing, and Amsterdam is buzzing with life! Today, we`re testing our brand-new biodiversity sensor—a prototype designed to capture data on urban ecology, with a special focus on detecting insect species as key indicators of urban health 🐝🐛🦋
#urbanecology #buggingamsterdam #urbansensing #spring #biodiversity
Based off research in collaboration with MIT CSAIL, experience Re-Leaf 🌿🌳 at #BiennaleArchitettura2025 where AI meets #urbanforests. The exhibition transforms tree distribution data in Amsterdam, Dubai, Los Angeles, and Rome, into dynamic "green skyscrapers” for guests to discover how trees cool #cities, shape #microclimates, and become #green infrastructure for a more resilient future.
Where tech meets resilience, and every point tells a story. ✨ #DataClouds is an immersive exhibit that reveals the complex hidden geometry of Rio’s Vidigal #favela. As part of our Lab’s mission in Rio—a first of its kind in South America—this project is a step toward using advanced tech to better understand and support informal communities. SCL and our partner @journeydotworld are proud to bring this unseen city to life at #BiennaleArchitettura2025.
#LiDAR #urbanAI
#Biophilia refers to the benefits that contact with #nature brings to humans.
But, do we all value nature the same way across the globe? 🌎
Feeling Nature explores this question. We trained a visual AI model on street view imagery and survey responses from eight cities across different biomes—revealing how people perceive and prioritize nature in their environments.
#urbandata #feelingnature #urbanstudies #visualAI
🗣️ Calling all Dutch Students‼️
We are redefining summer school! 😎 MIT Senseable City Amsterdam Lab invites you to attend our 3-day event exploring new ways to perceive and plan for urban ecology.
Who: Dutch Students (BSc, Mac, PhD)
When: August 25–27, 2025
Location: AMS Institute, Amsterdam
Registration: This is a ✨FREE💫 event. Register by June 10, 2025—first-come, first-served.
🌍 Design 4 Emergency: Crafting Container-Based Solutions for Crisis Response 🌱
Join us for this day workshop in collaboration with the University of Twente. This unique IAP workshop dives into the challenges, opportunities, and social justice dimensions of container-based designs in emergency scenarios.
Through a social justice game and hands-on workshop focused on Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, you’ll explore how climate change, urban overcrowding, and global travel intensify crises—and learn how to design meaningful, impactful solutions for informal settlements worldwide.
📅 When: January 23, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Where: DUSP, 9-255 City Arena
📝 Apply by: January 21, 2025 (a 200-word motivation statement is required)
Don’t miss this opportunity to contribute to solutions that address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. Apply now via this link: forms.gle/hNhd9jvi1pu4x3k88
Let’s shape the future, one container at a time! 🌟 #IAP2025 #SenseableCity #HumanitarianEngineering #SocialJustice
🌆 Ever wondered how the digital and physical aspects of our cities intertwine to shape our everyday experiences?
Join us a BEING PHYSICAL to engage in a critical discussion about the impact of technology on urban life and our environments.
Don’t miss out—register today through the link in our bio!
#beingphysical #urbandata #urbanplanning #proximitymatters #resilientcities
✨Exciting news! ✨
Join us for the Senseable Forum on Future Cities at MIT, where we explore the intersection of proximity and the built environment.
🤔How does physical space shape our connections and our health?
Don’t miss out—registration is OPEN! Link to register in our Bio.
#BeingPhysical #ProximityMatters #ForumOnFutureCities
Researchers from DUSP’s Senseable City Lab and the Sustainable Urbanization Lab met to collaborate at Tsinghua Univerisity! From left to right:
Yan Yao (SCL), Yinjing Huang (SCL), Pei Zhao (SCL), Fábio Duarte (SCL/SUL), Lei Dong (SCL/SUL), Jinghao Wang (SUL), and Fan Zhang (SCL).
We just love a mini reunion 🤝
#senseablecitylab #sustainableurbanization #mit #mitdusp #dusp #tsinghuauniversity #urbanstudies #urbanplanning #futurecities #urban #urbandata #bigdata #futurecities
Carlo Ratti and Daniela Rus present at Davos 2024. The session was on “Bold Solutions - Synergizing Science and Innovation for Climate Resilience.”
In this moment, they were talking about Space Bubbles!
#davos2024 #climate #bigdata #climateresilience #senseablecitylab #urbandata #senseablecities
Congratulations to Carlo! Head to the link in our bio for the full article, which made front-page MIT news.
#venicebiennale2025 #venicearchitecturebiennale #senseablecitylab #venicebiennale #news #mitnews
Maker Faire Rome - The European Edition @makerfairerome came to an end. It was great to meet so much young talent enthusiastic about science and technology! We thank SCL consortium members @armadeicarabinieri, @crearicerca and @faetechnology for hosting us at their booths, and @ambasciatausa for supporting the initiative.
Umberto recently presented data-based tools that can help city leaders and policymakers make more livable, inclusive, and lively downtowns at @citylab session “Emerging Strategies for Downtown Revitalization”.
SCL`s City Scanner project featuring #Flatburn is on display at the #VeniceBiennale2023. The exhibit, ‘Rebuilding Beirut: Using Data to Co-Design a New Future,’ is part of the sixth biennial architecture exhibition ‘Time Space Existence’ presented by the European Cultural Centre (ECC). The exhibit also features two other research projects from @MITSAP that all support the rebuilding efforts in Beirut following the disastrous explosion at Port of Beirut in August 2020.
The exhibit is open through November 26, 2023 in Venice at the Palazzo Bembo. You can buy tickets and plan your visit to the exhibit at: https://www.labiennale.org/en.
Photo credit to Matteo Losurdo
Exciting news!
Join us for the Senseable Forum on Future Cities at MIT, where we explore the intersection of proximity and the built environment.
How does physical space shape our connections and our health?
Register TODAY https://senseable.mit.edu/being-physical
#BeingPhysical #ProximityMatters
SCL's Breathing Disparity project is headlining @mitsap Newsletter today!
Read more about this project and others at https://linktr.ee/senseablecitylab
#urbanmobility #airquality
After analyzing 1-year's worth of data from electric trucks in China and California, our findings show room for improvement in optimizing electric fleets to reduce #emissions and improve #decarbonization efforts.
See https://senseable.mit.edu/trucking-data/ for more
#bigdata #ElectricVehicles
Our paper "Challenges and opportunities in truck electrification revealed by big operational data" was recently published in @NatureEnergyJnl
Ever wonder about the quality of the air you breathe? Our study on pedestrian mobility and #airpollution in the #Bronx makes #frontpage news on MIT's homepage—certain demographics are disproportionately exposed to pollution throughout their daily travel. https://tinyurl.com/yd346nnc
On Wed 17 Jul, we're happy to host Fábio Duarte from the MIT @SenseableCity Lab. He will give a talk titled What happens with big data approaches to urban science when data don’t exist?
Join us at our @NUSingapore Department of Architecture next week.
https://ual.sg/seminars/
In this clip, Carlo Ratti delves into the innovative world of Roboats—autonomous robotic boats that use LiDAR to smoothly navigate city canals. These cutting-edge vessels offer a multitude of possibilities including autonomous urban travel.
Discover fascinating insights into urban dynamics and human behavior in this snippet from Carlo Ratti's IAP Golden Speaker Series presentation on 'Senseable Cities' at @MIT.
@SenseableCity
@crassociati
https://youtu.be/n6CtC2xPZyM
What is the optimal scale and location of circular timber hubs in Amsterdam? Check out @mitpress coverage of Timber Loops & the resulting paper "Spatial optimization of circular timber hubs," published in @Nature_NPJ Urban Sustainability.
Think globally, rebuild locally
Studying Amsterdam, MIT researchers found the optimal system for reusing construction materials has many local storage ...
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How can we make progress in the urban affordability crisis? Carlo Ratti discussed this with other members of the @wef's Global Future Council on Cities.
Read the report "Reshaping affordability: interventions for inclusive and livable cities" to know more https://ow.ly/ACmZ50Qrgpa
#CarloRatti-Curator of #BiennaleArchitettura2025-with guidance from @Arup and input from @circulareconomy, develops the Circular Economy Manifesto. It calls on Participants and Participating Countries to make #IntelliGens a truly circular Exhibition.
@la_biennale
“Every proposal, no matter how audacious, is worthy of consideration in the face of today’s defining challenges”: until Friday 21 June practitioners, scientists, scholars, activists, architects and non-architects are encouraged to submit their ideas for the…
Hai meno di 30 anni e vorresti misurarti con i temi della #BiennaleArchitettura2025? Fino a venerdì 21 giugno è online il bando internazionale della #BiennaleCollegeArchitettura, il progetto dedicato a studenti/studentesse, laureati/e e professionisti/e emergenti che completa e…
Are you under the age of 30 and would you like to challenge yourself with the themes of the #BiennaleArchitettura2025? Check out the international call for the #BiennaleCollegeArchitettura, the project dedicated to emerging design practitioners that complements and enriches the…
📰 #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #IntelliGens #CarloRatti @crassociati @sole24ore
Your smartphone is a tool to better understand our cities! Carlo tells you how and why
#carloratti
@SenseableCity @MIT
𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗢 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗔
(2 October 1953 - 6 April 2024)
How can we make progress in the urban affordability crisis? Carlo Ratti discussed this with other members of the @wef's Global Future Council on Cities.
Read the report "Reshaping affordability: interventions for inclusive and livable cities" to know more https://ow.ly/ACmZ50Qrgpa
California needs housing...can these tech bros deliver? Read Carlo and Ed Glaeser's take in @nytopinion today!
Opinion | Billionaire-Built Cities Would Be Better Than Nothing
We cannot afford to dismiss anyone who aims to build housing in the Bay Area.
www.nytimes.com
Meet the team!
Meet our team member Javier Madero! With Swedish, Mexican, and Spanish roots, Javier brings an international perspective to the design and storytelling projects he works across. He holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Architecture from IE University where he also co-directed Prologue Magazine.
From researching thin-tile vaulting in Spain (presented at ETH Zürich) to exploring how plastic waste can be upcycled into construction materials under the guidance of Ben van Berkel (UNStudio), he has a keen interest in material innovation.
Javier joined CRA as a member of the Biennale Architettura 2025 curatorial team, helping coordinate participant relations, the GENS public programme, and the Construction Futures initiative. Since then, he has worked across communications, design, and strategy teams. Our very own wildcard 🃏 ... See MoreSee Less
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In The New York Times , Carlo Ratti discusses the #MilanoCortina2026 Olympic torch — a stripped-back design that crossed Italy town by town and, ultimately, treats the torch not as an object but as a emblem shaped by its passage through people and places.
“Ultimately, the torch is a symbol, and what is important are the values it conveys.” ... See MoreSee Less
A Lightweight, Minimalist Torch Design Helps Kick Off the Winter Games
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The opening ceremonies will also have two cauldron lightings for the first time. One will be in Milan, the other in Cortina d’Ampezzo.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
“Design can and ought to aspire to transcultural significance, drawing on what we share as human beings.”
In his latest op-ed for Financial Times, Carlo Ratti reflects on the Olympic torch as a shared civic ritual, and on the responsibility of designers to give form to what connects us — just in time for the MilanoCortina2026 Olympic Ceremony.
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Designers must carry the flame of friendship and co-operation
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Thanks to Fast Company for the feature! Designed by CRA, the torch grew from a simple idea: focusing less on the object itself, and more on what it conveys. ... See MoreSee Less
This year's Olympic torch was designed to disappear
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Carlo Ratti, the designer of this year's torch, explains what his torch says about this moment in time.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
We’re delighted to share that the France Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka has been nominated for the ArchDaily 2026 Building of the Year Awards 🇫🇷✨
Designed as a theatre of life, the Pavilion unfolds as a sequence of spaces that celebrates physical presence, human encounter, and architecture as a platform for dialogue.
Voting is open on ArchDaily until February 10.
The project is nominated in both Small Scale & Installations and Cultural Architecture – every vote truly makes a difference.
Vote in Cultural Architecture Category: bit.ly/3Mlp2LfSmall
Vote in Scale & Installations Category: bit.ly/3ZRn604
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“On Monte Rosa, at 4,500 meters, I knew it worked.”
Carlo Ratti spoke with Corriere della Sera about designing the #MilanoCortina2026 Olympic Torch and the challenge of working across scales, from urban plans to a half-meter object carried by 10,001 torchbearers.
Drawing on Ernesto Nathan Rogers’ idea that architecture ranges “from the spoon to the city,” he reflects on a design approach based on subtraction and reuse, with the flame, its energy and visibility, at the heart of the project.
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"Naturally, weaning people off the 20th-century profligate fantasy of lightning-fast, free, doorstep delivery is long overdue."
Read a letter responding to Carlo Ratti's latest Financial Times piece on who really pays for the convenience of speedy deliveries here: lnkd.in/duMmeAFhWeekend read! For Financial Times, Carlo Ratti delves into the the urban cost of instant deliveries, and how rewarding a little patience can help.
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Flipping the page to our alpine Bivuoac, designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati in collaboration with Salone del Mobile.Milano ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, featured in Interni Magazine’s January–February issue dedicated to Sport & Design.
The bivouac’s glass wall offers a meditative view of the surrounding Alps. Beyond its function as a shelter, the structure provides a temporary sanctuary—a place for reflection, rest, and connection to nature.
#CRACarloRattiAssociati #SaloneDelMobile #Interni #Design #SportandDesign #CircularDesign #Sustainability #Bivouac #CRA ... See MoreSee Less
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