Carlo Ratti

Carlo Ratti
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Turin, Italy
Occupation(s)Architect, professor

Carlo Ratti (born 1971 in Turin, Italy) is an Italian architect, engineer, educator and author. He is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he directs the MIT Senseable City Lab, a research group that explores how new technologies are changing the way we understand, design and ultimately live in cities. Ratti is also a founding partner of the international design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, which has offices in Turin, New York and London. He is also a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano and an Honorary Professor at TTPU Tashkent. Ratti was named one of the "50 most influential designers in America" by Fast Company[1] and highlighted in Wired magazine's "Smart List: 50 people who will change the world".[2]

Ratti has been featured in Esquire magazine's "Best & Brightest" list[3] and in Thames & Hudson's selection of "60: Innovators Shaping our Creative Future".[4] Blueprint magazine included him as one of the "25 People Who Will Change Architecture and Design",[5] Forbes listed him as one of the "Names You Need To Know".[6] In December 2023, Carlo Ratti was appointed by outgoing president Roberto Cicutto as curator of the 19th Venice Biennale of Architecture, opening in 2025.[7]

  1. ^ Fast Company: 50 most influential designers in America "Most Influential Designers in America". Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  2. ^ Wired "Smart List; 50 people who will change the world"
  3. ^ "Best and Brightest 2008: Four Innovative Mapmakers Re-inventing the Very Idea of Maps". Esquire (2008)
  4. ^ Interview with Lucas Dietrich, Commissioning Editor "60: Innovators Shaping our Creative Future". Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  5. ^ "25 who will change architecture and design in 2010". Blueprint. (December 2009)
  6. ^ "Names You Need to Know in 2011: Carlo Ratti" by Oliver Chiang in Forbes (December 2011)
  7. ^ Ratti Appointed Curator of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale by Maria-Cristina Florian in ArchDaily (December 2023)