An architect and engineer by training, Carlo Ratti (IT) 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.

One of the top ten most-cited scholars in urban planning, Ratti has co-authored over 750 academic publications. His books include the recent “Atlas of the Senseable City” (Yale University Press, with Antoine Picon, 2023), “Urbanità” (Einaudi, 2022), and “Open Source Architecture (Thames & Hudson/Einaudi, with Matthew Claudel, 2015).

In December 2023, he was named as Curator of the Venice Biennale Architettura 2025.

http://carloratti.com / www.senseable.mit.edu / @crassociati