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Stepping into the Buzzi Heritage‘s cultural center, a new chapter in the story of concrete begins.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, the project introduces the first real-world application of a patented digitally fabricated reinforced-concrete structural system, developed with ...Maestro Technologies.
Suspended above a sequence of gardens and public courtyards, a 100-meter digitally fabricated reinforced-concrete truss reimagines how one of the world’s most widely used construction materials can be built. Laser-cut and CNC-machined steel components act as both permanent formwork and structural reinforcement, bringing digital fabrication to concrete, a material whose casting process has remained largely unchanged for over a century.
The cultural center grows from the company’s historical archive, a repository of patents, objects, and decades of material experimentation. Preserving decades of industrial history while opening a new cultural hub where the legacy of concrete meets its next chapter.
The France Pavilion at Osaka World Expo 2025 unfolds as a theatre of life.
Inspired by the Japanese legend of Akai Ito, the invisible red thread said to connect destined souls, the architecture explores how physical space can bring people together in an increasingly digital world.
... The journey unfolds through a rhythm of interior galleries, open air passages, and a quiet garden before returning to the wider Expo grounds. Along the façade, fabric veils shift with wind and light like theatre curtains, giving the pavilion a constantly changing presence.
Over the course of the Expo the pavilion welcomed nearly 5 million visitors, becoming the most visited national pavilion.
Designed by Coldefy (@coldefy.fr) with CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassosciati). Video by @issamk_films
@expo2025japan @franceexpo2025osaka
Look closer.
A throwback to the details behind AquaPraça as it moored at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 before continuing its journey to Belém.
The 400 m² floating plaza was later unveiled at COP30, rising and falling with the tides of the Guajará Bay. Today, ...AquaPraça remains in the Amazon as a permanent civic space for climate engagement and cultural initiatives.
Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati (@crassociati) and Höweler + Yoon (@howeleryoonarchitecture). Video by Peter White
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.
@labiennale @ciheam_bari @connect4climate @italymfa @mase_it @bloombergdotorg @cop30nobrasil
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