Carlo Ratti

An architect and engineer by training, Carlo Ratti works on the future of cities and the built environment. He is a professor of the practice of urban technologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, where he directs the Senseable City Lab, and is a full professor in the Department of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. He is a founding partner of the international architecture and innovation office, CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, and has established several tech start-ups in the United States and Europe. He is the curator of the Venice Biennale Architettura 2025.