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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
Only 16 days left to explore the Biennale Architettura 2025 (@labiennale), Intelligens, curated by Carlo Ratti (@crassociati), in Venice.
In the time of adaptation, architecture must draw on all forms of intelligence — natural, artificial, and collective.
Closes November 23. ...
#Intelligens #LaBiennaleDiVenezia #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #CRA
⛰️ Shaped by the mountains themselves.
The bivouac’s design begins with a 3D scan of Alpine rock formations, transforming the landscape’s contours into architecture. The resulting design minimizes visual impact while maximizing functionality, creating a crystalline shelter that ...disappears into its surroundings.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) in collaboration with Salone del Mobile.Milano (@isaloniofficial) ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
#CRACarloRattiAssociati #SaloneDelMobile #Design #MilanoCortina2026 #CircularDesign #Sustainability #Bivouac #CRA
🏔️ A bivouac in harmony with its surroundings.
Unlike traditional mountain shelters painted in bright colors for visibility, this one takes a subtler approach – blending into the landscape around it. A bright red light activates only in fog or low visibility, ensuring safety in ...critical moments.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) in collaboration with Salone del Mobile.Milano (@isaloniofficial) ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
#CRACarloRattiAssociati #SaloneDelMobile #Design #MilanoCortina2026 #CircularDesign #Sustainability #Bivouac #CRA
👉 Swipe for English
Cosa succede quando una visione per un campus più verde e aperto incontra la macchina opaca della burocrazia?
Carlo Ratti (@crassociati) racconta a Corriere della Sera (@corriere) perché ha ritirato la sua firma dal progetto del nuovo campus ...dell’Università di Milano nell’area Expo.
Leggi l’intervista completa su @corriere
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What happens when a vision for a greener, more open campus meets the opaque machinery of bureaucracy?
Carlo Ratti (@crassociati) speaks to Corriere della Sera (@corriere) about why he withdrew his name from the University of Milan project at the former Expo site.
Read the full interview on @corriere
⛰️ Introducing a digitally fabricated bivouac that blends seamlessly with the Alps.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) in collaboration with Salone di Mobile.Milano (@isaloniofficial), the shelter is entirely self-sufficient — producing its own energy and water ...through solar power and air condensation.
Unveiled ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, it is set to appear as an urban pavilion before being airlifted to its final alpine destination, where it will serve mountaineers for generations to come.
#CRACarloRattiAssociati #SaloneDelMobile #Design #MilanoCortina2026 #CircularDesign #Sustainability #Bivouac #CRA
An earthly, Michelin-starred canteen — now longlisted for the Archello Awards 2025.
A project by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) for Mutti (@muttipomodoroit), Quisimangia reimagines the company canteen as part of the landscape, with a floor made from recycled tomato skins — a ...byproduct of Mutti’s production line transformed into design.
Longlisted in the Café / Restaurant of the Year category at the Archello Awards 2025, the canteen emerges from the terrain itself, creating a constant dialogue with nature.
@archello #CRACarloRattiAssociati #Quisimangia #Architecture #Design #Sustainability #ArchelloAwards2025
Speed limits don’t slow cities — design does.
Carlo Ratti shows how the shape of our streets, more than the limits we set, determines how fast we move.
Read the full piece on @citylab at the link in our bio.
@bloomberg #BloombergCityLab #Bloomberg #UrbanDesign ...#StreetDesign #UrbanMobility
As the curtain comes to a close on the ‘Theatre of Life’, the France Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka — designed by Coldefy (@coldefy.fr) and CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) — has welcomed over four million visitors. A celebration of connection and creativity, it brings people, nature, ...and technology together through its winding copper staircase and immersive Pulsations exhibition by Justine Emard and GSM Project.
@franceexpo2025osaka @expo2025japan #Expo2025 #FrancePavilion #Coldefy #CRACarloRattiAssociati #TheatreOfLife #Architecture #Design #Innovation
Video: @issamk_films
Images: @julienlanoo
Chortoicetes terminifera, a welcome visitor to ‘The Other Side of the Hill’, Special Project at the 2025 Biennale Architettura 🦗
@crassociati @patricia_urquiola @labiennale
#BiennaleArchitettura2025 #VeniceBiennale #TheOtherSideoftheHill #ArchitectureBiennale
From Athens to Barcelona, cities have always been where democracy grows.
But a new wave of “freedom cities” threatens to flip the script. Carlo Ratti (@crassociati) & Robert Muggah (@igarape_org) argue it’s time to reclaim cities as platforms for collective renewal: places where... democracy, climate adaptation, and social inclusion can take root.
Read the full piece on @prosyn.
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
📍 Venice → 🌎 Belém
This week, we unveiled AquaPraça, a 400 sqm floating cultural plaza designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon. From the @labiennale Architettura in Venice to COP30 in Brazil, AquaPraça embodies adaptability, sustainability, and dialogue in the face ...of climate change.
🌊 A plaza buoyed by the sea
🌍 A platform for global conversations
🌱 A permanent cultural legacy in the Amazon
Developed in partnership with Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, and the COP30 Presidency, AquaPraça will soon travel to Brazil to anchor at COP30 in Belém, before establishing itself in the Amazon Basin as a lasting cultural legacy—symbolizing adaptability, resilience, and collective action in the face of climate change.
#CRA @labiennale @ciheam_bari @connect4climate @bloombergdotorg @howeleryoonarchitecture @cornellaap @italymfa @mase_it @cop30nobrasil @cimolai_group #HowelerYoon #AquaPraça #COP30 #ClimateAction #FloatingArchitecture #PublicSpace #DesignForChange #Belém #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #Intelligens #ArchitectureAndClimate #CollectiveDesign
Washington wants classical as the default for federal buildings. Carlo Ratti argues that nostalgia is a poor design brief. In a heating world, architecture should test materials, energy logics, and forms that support civitas.
Read the full piece in our bio.
@financialtimes #CarloRatti ...#Architecture #DesignPolicy #PublicArchitecture #Innovation
Image: DESERTA ECOFOLIE: A PROTOTYPE FOR MINIMUM DWELLING IN THE ATACAMA DESERT AND BEYOND
By Pedro Ignacio Alonso and Pamela Prado, a Special Project featured in the ‘Living Lab’ of the Biennale Architettura 2025
Photo courtesy of @labiennale
A glimpse of vision turning into reality: AquaPraça, designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon, is a floating cultural plaza that will debut at the #biennalearchitettura2025 before sailing to COP30 in Belém, Brazil. It is both an architectural experiment and a platform for ...dialogue on climate adaptation and resilience.
#CRA @labiennale @ciheam_bari @connect4climate @bloombergdotorg @howeleryoonarchitecture @cornellaap @italymfa @cop30nobrasil @cimolai_group #HowelerYoon #AquaPraça #COP30 #ClimateAction #FloatingArchitecture #PublicSpace #DesignForChange #Belém #VeniceBiennale #Intelligens #ArchitectureAndClimate #CollectiveDesign
Something is thinning in public space. Using AI, Carlo Ratti’s team compared 1970s footage with today in New York, Boston and Philadelphia: people walk faster and linger less. The fix is design: shade, seats, water, small interventions tested with data. The agora isn’t dead.
Read the ...full piece in our bio. 🔗
Image: AGO Off, a summer series of events in Piazza Sant’Agostino with talks, performances, and tours. It’s part of AGO Modena, the city’s new cultural hub around the former Sant’Agostino complex. Photo by Elisabetta Baracchi and Serena Campanini.
With AI, argues Carlo Ratti in Friday’s Financial Times, we can now measure and optimize this effect, transforming urban forestry from ornament into infrastructure. Read the full piece in our bio.
@financialtimes #CarloRatti #UrbanForestry #Architecture #GreenCities #CityOfTomorrow
The Grand Fendika Cultural Center in the Kazanchis neighborhood of Addis Ababa builds on the legacy of the area’s azmari bets — the music houses now almost gone — and gives them a new home for the next generation.
👥 In collaboration with Melaku Belay & Fendika
💛 ...Supported by TrustAfrica
#GrandFendika #AddisAbaba #Ethiopia #CRAProjects #OpenArchitecture #ArchitectureForCulture #AfricanArchitecture #CulturalHeritage #CommunityArchitecture #UrbanCulture #MusicAndArchitecture #PerformingArts #DesignForCommunity #FutureOfCulture #CulturalSpaces
Inside the new Grand Fendika Cultural Center: a cascade of stages, balconies, and ramps where performance spills into everyday life.
From classrooms to rehearsal spaces to open-air terraces, the building is designed to keep music within earshot - and to make the street itself part of the ...show.
#architecture #addisababa #ethiopia #fendika
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
Only 16 days left to explore the Biennale Architettura 2025 (@labiennale), Intelligens, curated by Carlo Ratti (@crassociati), in Venice.
In the time of adaptation, architecture must draw on all forms of intelligence — natural, artificial, and collective.
Closes November 23.
#Intelligens #LaBiennaleDiVenezia #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #CRA
⛰️ Shaped by the mountains themselves.
The bivouac’s design begins with a 3D scan of Alpine rock formations, transforming the landscape’s contours into architecture. The resulting design minimizes visual impact while maximizing functionality, creating a crystalline shelter that disappears into its surroundings.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) in collaboration with Salone del Mobile.Milano (@isaloniofficial) ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
#CRACarloRattiAssociati #SaloneDelMobile #Design #MilanoCortina2026 #CircularDesign #Sustainability #Bivouac #CRA
🏔️ A bivouac in harmony with its surroundings.
Unlike traditional mountain shelters painted in bright colors for visibility, this one takes a subtler approach – blending into the landscape around it. A bright red light activates only in fog or low visibility, ensuring safety in critical moments.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) in collaboration with Salone del Mobile.Milano (@isaloniofficial) ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
#CRACarloRattiAssociati #SaloneDelMobile #Design #MilanoCortina2026 #CircularDesign #Sustainability #Bivouac #CRA
👉 Swipe for English
Cosa succede quando una visione per un campus più verde e aperto incontra la macchina opaca della burocrazia?
Carlo Ratti (@crassociati) racconta a Corriere della Sera (@corriere) perché ha ritirato la sua firma dal progetto del nuovo campus dell’Università di Milano nell’area Expo.
Leggi l’intervista completa su @corriere
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What happens when a vision for a greener, more open campus meets the opaque machinery of bureaucracy?
Carlo Ratti (@crassociati) speaks to Corriere della Sera (@corriere) about why he withdrew his name from the University of Milan project at the former Expo site.
Read the full interview on @corriere
⛰️ Introducing a digitally fabricated bivouac that blends seamlessly with the Alps.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) in collaboration with Salone di Mobile.Milano (@isaloniofficial), the shelter is entirely self-sufficient — producing its own energy and water through solar power and air condensation.
Unveiled ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, it is set to appear as an urban pavilion before being airlifted to its final alpine destination, where it will serve mountaineers for generations to come.
#CRACarloRattiAssociati #SaloneDelMobile #Design #MilanoCortina2026 #CircularDesign #Sustainability #Bivouac #CRA
🔔 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
Over five years #Paris reduced traffic speed in almost 50% of its streets. In Slow Zones we use 11.7 million geo-tagged tweets to map how people move in Paris. We found that Paris’ slow zones initiative has been fostering higher activities in these areas. Also, comparing with nearby streets with similar characteristics, those subjected to the slow zones policies attract individuals from a more diverse social background. Our study offers evidence of the benefits that slowing cars down and making streets friendlier to #pedestrians creates opportunities to have more and more diverse people using slow zones, which can be used as a precedent to other cities considering to implement similar policies.
View the full project on senseable.mit.edu/slow-zones/
Team:
@_tinker_ @cate_heine @katjaschechtner @nj.namju @living__systems
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
AquaPraça has officially completed its journey as one of the defining landmarks of COP30 — and soon, a lasting cultural landmark for Belém.
Designed by CRA–Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon, the floating plaza now rests on the Guajará Bay, rising and falling with the Amazon tides as it hosts cultural events and creates new public spaces where people can meet the water at eye level. During this year’s climate summit alone, AquaPraça has already welcomed over 25,000 visitors.
The project was developed in partnership with Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, and made possible thanks to a wide international coalition including CIHEAM Bari and the World Bank Group’s Connect4Climate program, with support from BF International – Member of BF S.p.A. Group (AquaPraça COP30 Naming Partner), Bloomberg Philanthropies, Costa Crociere, ENEL, and Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane.
Built by Cimolai, Italy’s leading advanced steel construction company, 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.
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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
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AquaPraça has arrived in Belém for COP30.
After its first unveiling in Venice, the floating plaza is now anchored on the Guajará Bay as part of the Italian Pavilion at the UN Climate Conference — emerging as one of the defining landmarks of COP30. Designed to rise and fall with the tides, it will host conversations, cultural programs, and climate action throughout the summit.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon, AquaPraça was unveiled at the UN Climate Change Conference COP30 in Belém by Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, and the 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 (AquaPraça COP30 Naming Partner), Bloomberg Philanthropies, Costa Crociere, ENEL, and Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. The plaza was constructed by Cimolai, Italy’s leading advanced steel construction company.
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Only 16 days left to explore Intelligens, the Biennale Architettura 2025 curated by Carlo Ratti.
In this time of adaptation, architecture is called to draw on every form of intelligence — natural, artificial, and collective.
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CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati presents in collaboration with Salone di Mobile.Milano a new digitally fabricated bivouac ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics — a self sufficient alpine shelter that blends with the rock formations of the Alps.
Powered by solar energy and air condensation, the bivouac provides a lasting refuge for mountaineers. Its dual life is set to begin as an urban pavilion during the Games, before being airlifted to its permanent home at high altitude.
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Once a week, our teams from across the CRA Group get together in the garden for an aperitivo — a short break to catch up and unwind. 🍃🍹 #cralife ... See MoreSee Less
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Today we celebrate the France Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka — a Theatre of Life designed by Coldefy in collaboration with CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati.
Over 4 million visitors have explored this living stage, where people, nature, and technology come together under one roof. From the winding copper staircase inspired by Japan’s Akai Ito legend to the immersive Pulsations exhibition by Justine Emard, the pavilion has become a hub for connection, creativity, and cultural exchange.
The pavilion closes on 13 October 2025.
#FrancePavilion #Expo2025 #Osaka #Coldefy #CRA #CarloRattiAssociati #TheatreOfLife #Architecture #Design #Innovation #CulturalExchange #ImmersiveExperience ... See MoreSee Less
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What happens when the office grows out into the garden?
At the Biennale Architettura 2025 in Venice, CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati unveiled modular “Post Office Pods”: nine green-roofed units that let visitors work, meet, 3D print, or even nap outdoors. Solar panels, cascading plants, and water collection make each pod a sustainable high-tech haven.
After Venice, the pods will be replicated and rolled out across Italy’s 7,000 post offices as part of Poste Italiane’s Polis Project, bridging the urban-rural divide and transforming post offices into hubs for innovation and community.
Read more in our press kit here: shorturl.at/iAbm9
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X-Change — A logistics hub as social infrastructure.
In Alessandria we are turning a former railyard into one of Southern Europe’s largest intermodal hubs, featuring a 2-km walkable and bikeable solar canopy, new public spaces, and urban nature. The site reconnects the city, strengthens the Genova backport system, and adds a neighborhood park with 5+ km of cycling and pedestrian paths.
Partners: CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, The Blossom Avenue Partners, LAND, GET Consulting, Mobiliter.
Developer: Gruppo VLD/Fabrizio Bertola with Prelios S.p.A. and CLF.
📎 Read more and access photos here:
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