Lecture by Carlo Ratti
Milano Arch Week
Senseable City
The way we live, work, and play is very different today than it was just a few decades ago, thanks in large part to a network of connectivity that now encompasses most people on the planet. In a similar way, today we are at the beginning of a new technological revolution: the Internet is entering the physical space – the traditional domain of architecture and design – becoming an “Internet of Things” or IoT. As such, it is opening the door to a variety of applications that – in a similar way to what happened with the first wave of the Internet – can encompass many domains: from production to citizen participation, from energy to mobility to public hygiene, all of which requiring new insights due to the changes brought forth by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The contribution from Prof. Carlo Ratti will address these issues from a critical point of view through projects by the Senseable City Laboratory, a research initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the design office Carlo Ratti Associati.
BIO
Carlo Ratti is a scientist, designer, and public intellectual working on the future of cities and
the built environment. One of the top ten most-cited scholars in the field of urban planning,
he teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, where he directs the
Senseable City Lab, and is Distinguished Professor of urban studies at the Politecnico di Milano.
His work includes the influence of big data and digital technologies on urban life, the future of
mobility, participatory urban design and the convergence between the natural and artificial world.
Time
18:30 - 19:30
Organizer
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