Carlo Ratti designs mile-high observation tower with a park on top
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has unveiled plans to build a mile-high observation tower, envisioned as a vertical alternative to New York's Central Park. Measuring 1,609 metres high, the tower would be...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti Associati launches "world's first Internet of Things sofa"
Milan 2016: Italian architect Carlo Ratti has created a system of smart modular seats that can be adjusted with an app or hand gestures into different configurations (+ movie). Carlo Ratti Associati's...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti's Office 3.0 uses Internet of Things to create personalised...
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed a system for an office in Turin that instructs heating, lighting and cooling systems to follow occupants around the building like an "individually-tailored...
View ArticleSewage-sampling robots could help eliminate diseases in cities, says MIT...
Robots could soon be infiltrating urban sewage systems to identify potential outbreaks of disease before they happen, according to architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti (+ interview). Ratti's team...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti building digitally connected retreat in the Himalayan mountains
Construction has started on a digitally connected co-living and co-working retreat in the Himalayas, designed by Italian architect Carlo Ratti. Carlo Ratti Associati has teamed up with Turin-based...
View ArticleRobot tractors to farm crops on sloping roof of Milan expo pavilion
Milan Expo 2015: robotic tractors will create patterns across a field of crops on the roof of this pavilion that Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed for the World Expo 2015 in Milan. Working...
View ArticlePersonalised "bubbles of heat" could replace inefficient central heating
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architect Carlo Ratti claims the heating system he developed with MIT, which uses motion sensors to focus beams of infrared radiation on people as they move through a...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti's Cloud Cast directs a cooling mist over passersby
This ceiling-mounted installation by Italian architect Carlo Ratti uses motion tracking to direct personalised "clouds" of water vapour at anyone walking beneath. When the Cloud Cast detects someone...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti creates a digital supermarket at the Milan Expo 2015
Milan Expo 2015: huge mechanical arms are spray painting colourful data across the walls of this pavilion and supermarket that Italian architect Carlo Ratti has created at the Milan Expo 2015, which...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti proposes floating plaza for Florida waterfront
Architecture office Carlo Ratti Associati has used submarine technologies to design a buoyant public space off the coast of West Palm Beach's Currie Park. As part of his masterplan for the Florida...
View ArticleJoin Dezeen and MINI for a talk with SO-IL, Assemble and Carlo Ratti in Milan
Architects SO-IL, Assemble and Carlo Ratti will discuss the future of sustainable urban architecture at our first Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative talk in Milan next week, and Dezeen readers are invited...
View ArticleWatch our Dezeen x MINI Living talk with SO-IL, Assemble and Carlo Ratti live...
Architects SO-IL, Assemble and Carlo Ratti discuss the future of urban architecture at our first Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative talk in Milan. Tune in at 2pm UK time to watch it live. The live stream...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti aims to reduce energy use with personalised heating and cooling...
Our next Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative video explores Carlo Ratti's proposals to replace traditional heating and cooling systems with personalised environments for different occupants in a building....
View ArticleCarlo Ratti designs graffiti-painting drones to safely make multistorey artworks
Italian architect Carlo Ratti's Paint By Drone system uses remotely controlled flying robots to cover buildings in giant paintings. Designed to turn scaffolding into giant canvases, the system uses a...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti reveals Office 3.0 workspace that promises to end "thermostat wars"
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has transformed a Turin building into an office space with a personalised "environmental bubble" for every worker. Office 3.0 – first previewed in plans in the middle of...
View ArticleAll four seasons coexist in Milan garden proposed by Carlo Ratti
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed plans for a covered garden in Milan, which would use climate-control technology to allow visitors to experience spring, summer, autumn and winter at any time...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti to transform Italian military barracks into open-source...
Architect Carlo Ratti has revealed plans to transform a former 19th-century military complex in Turin, Italy, into a campus where students, workers and makers can set up their own labs and studios....
View ArticleCarlo Ratti unveils smart road system complete with on-demand drone swarms
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has unveiled a concept for a smart road system, which would feature swarms of drones that deliver first aid, monitor traffic and detect accidents. The scheme was designed...
View ArticleBIG and Carlo Ratti design Singapore tower with trees bursting through facade
Bjarke Ingels Group and Carlo Ratti Associati have started building a 280-metre-high skyscraper in Singapore, which will feature a four-storey vertical park complete with treetop cocoons. The tower, at...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti's scribing robot turns walls into "digital content canvases"
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has created an internet-connected writing robot that is able to draw and erase images on any surface. The small Scribit robot allows users to personalise their walls with...
View ArticleAmanda Levete and Junya Ishigami among shortlist for Eiffel Tower overhaul
Four teams including architects Amanda Levete, Carlo Ratti and Junya Ishigami are vying to improve facilities at the Eiffel Tower, in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The teams...
View ArticleNino robotic bartender can make "any drink in seconds"
Italian architect Carlo Ratti and his company Makr Shakr have launched a mass-market robotic cocktail maker. Nino is an updated version of Makr Shakr's existing Bionic Bar, which debuted at Milan...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti and Sidewalk Labs collaborate to build reconfigurable Dynamic Street
Italian architect Carlo Ratti and Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs have worked together on a modular paving system that can change the use of a street throughout the day. Dynamic Street is a prototype...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti develops Livingboard prefab housing system for rural India
Architect Carlo Ratti has worked with Indian non-profit WeRise to develop a system of low-cost housing with a prefabricated core that homeowners can build any structure they like on top of. The...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti designs driverless robotic bar called Guido
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed his concept for an autonomous robotic cafe and bar that would make on-demand cocktails for city-dwellers wherever they are. The driverless drinks cart, called...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti grows Gaudí-inspired structures with a kilometre of mushroom...
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has grown a series of arched architectural structures from mushroom mycelium, which will be returned to the soil after Milan design week is over, in a fully circular...
View Article"China is one of the best places for experimenting" with urban technology...
All eyes should be on China in the race to develop smart cities, says architect Carlo Ratti, who is co-curating this year's Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture in Shenzhen. China offers unique...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti imagines how Boulevard Périphérique in Paris will look in 2050
Paris' famous Périphérique ring road could have its car lanes slashed by half and replaced by a playground in the switch to driverless cars, says Carlo Ratti. The Italian architect, who is one of the...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti uses drones to create "world's first crowdsourced graffiti"
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati used a swarm of drones to graffiti this artwork in Turin that is based on visual content submitted by hundreds of contributors. The large-scale painting measuring...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti's orange squeezer serves juice in bioplastic cups made from the peel
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has developed an orange juice bar that turns the waste fruit peel into 3D-printed bioplastic cups to drink the contents from, as an example of the circular economy...
View ArticleDaan Roosegaarde partners with Scribit to bring space waste into people's...
Designer Daan Roosegaarde is the latest creative to collaborate with Carlo Ratti's Scribit project, creating a robot-drawn illustration based on his ongoing research into space waste. Launched via a...
View ArticleCareers guide: Marco Maria Pedrazzo describes his progression from intern to...
Marco Maria Pedrazzo is a strategic designer at international design practice Carlo Ratti Associati. For the Dezeen Jobs careers guide he explains how he progressed from intern to design lead....
View ArticleCarlo Ratti's Eyes of the City exhibition in Shenzhen tracks visitors with...
Architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti stokes the surveillance debate with his biennale exhibition, which is set in a working train station in China and uses facial-recognition technology. A part of...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti Associati designs shipping-container intensive care units for...
Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota have designed an intensive-care pod within a shipping container that could be added to hospitals fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Named Connected Units...
View ArticleShipping-container intensive care unit installed at Turin hospital
A two-bed intensive care unit within a shipping container, designed by Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota, has been built at a hospital in Turin and is being used to treat patients fighting...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti's Pura-Case uses "ozone power" to sanitise clothes
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has designed a concept for a battery-powered wardrobe purifier that uses ozone to remove bacteria and viruses from the user's clothes. The portable case can be...
View ArticleLive interview with architect Carlo Ratti as part of Virtual Design Festival
Architect Carlo Ratti spoke to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. Italian architect Ratti is the founder of international design and...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti's digital arts centre explores "the meaning of physical space in...
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has unveiled MEET, a centre for digital culture in Milan designed to maximise chance encounters between visitors. Located in a historic palazzo in the Porta Venezia...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti Associati designs "world's first fully compostable marker"
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has designed a concept for a compostable marker pen comprising natural fibres and a water-based, edible ink that would break down within six months. The...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti Associati stacks tennis courts on top of each other for...
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota have designed a concept for a tower called Playscraper, which is a temporary structure that consists of eight tennis courts layered on top...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti Associati proposes floating reservoirs to create carbon-free...
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati is among four winners of the global Helsinki Energy Challenge, with a proposal to create island-like, floating seawater reservoirs that would store heat to help...
View ArticleDisused railway yard in Milan set to become park and Olympic athletes' village
Architecture studios Diller Scofidio + Renfro, PLP Architecture and Carlo Ratti Associati have revealed plans to convert a goods yard in Milan into a park and the athletes' village for the upcoming...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti Associati designs MAE Museum dedicated to carbon fibre
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota have designed a museum dedicated to carbon fibre, which will be partially made from the material. Created for carbon-fibre manufacturers...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti Associati designs hydroponic "farmscraper" for Shenzhen
Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled plans to build a 218-metre-tall skyscraper in China that would grow crops using hydroponics, as well as contain spaces for selling and consuming the produce. The Jian...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti Associati explains how plants capture carbon in installation...
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has defended his decision to design an exhibition about climate change sponsored by fossil-fuel giant Eni, saying the Milan design week installation is "not greenwashing"....
View ArticleCarlo Ratti tops Italy Pavilion at Dubai Expo with trio of boats
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has created a building that aims to investigate reusable materials and natural cooling for the Italy Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020. Designed by Carlo Ratti Associati,...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti and Italo Rota design Italian home around 10-metre-tall tree
A 10-metre-tall ficus tree grows through the centre of the living space in The Greenary, a farmhouse renovation and extension by studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota in Italy. Located...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti and Italo Rota transform botanical garden in Milan into an...
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota have used over 500 metres of copper pipe to create energy-generating sculptures for its Feeling the Energy installation in the Brera...
View ArticlePlans to overhaul postmodern European Parliament building revealed
Architecture studios Julien De Smedt Architects, Coldefy, Carlo Ratti Associati, NL Architects and Ensamble Studio are set to renovate the European Parliament's Paul-Henri Spaak building in Brussels,...
View ArticleCarlo Ratti proposes "world's largest urban solar farm" in Rome for World...
A large solar farm forms the centrepiece of Rome's bid to host the World Expo in 2030, masterplanned by Carlo Ratti Associati with architect Italo Rota and urbanist Richard Burdett. If selected for the...
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