Prof. Carlo Ratti
Professor of the Practice / Director, SENSEable City Laboratory
Founding Partner, Carlo Ratti Associates
Primary DLC
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
MIT Room:
9-216
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Urban Design
Electronic Media and the Design of Public Spaces
Human Computer Interfaces
Natural Disasters
Tsunami
Weather Resistant Houses
Electronic Media and the Design of Public Spaces
Human Computer Interfaces
Natural Disasters
Tsunami
Weather Resistant Houses
Research Summary
Professor Ratti is the director of the Senseable City Lab and a founding partner of the international design office Carlo Ratti Associati. He has co-authored over 500 publications and holds several patents. His work has been exhibited globally, including at the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and the Design Museum in Barcelona. Two of his projects, the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel, were named among TIME Magazine’s “Best Inventions of the Year.” He is the curator of the 2025 Venice Biennale’s 19th International Architecture Exhibition.
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Projects
September 19, 2016Department of Urban Studies and Planning
ROBOAT Project
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
August 19, 2015Department of Urban Studies and PlanningA Tale of Many Cities: The Signature of Humanity Project
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
August 19, 2015Department of Urban Studies and PlanningThe Road Ahead: The Future of Transportation and Mobility
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
August 19, 2015Department of Urban Studies and PlanningArt Traffic at the Louvre: A Study of Visitors’ Behavior Using Bluetooth Data
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
August 19, 2015Department of Urban Studies and PlanningDrinking Data
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
September 22, 2014Department of Urban Studies and PlanningCity Dynamics in Saudi Arabia
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
September 2, 2014Department of Urban Studies and PlanningHubCab
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
April 12, 2012Department of Urban Studies and PlanningHealth InfoScape
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
November 22, 2011Department of Urban Studies and PlanningCO2GO: Calculating Carbon Footprints Automatically and in Real-Time While on the Move
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
October 15, 2010Department of Urban Studies and PlanningFuture ENEL: SENSEable Power Plant in Mochovce, Slovakia
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
August 31, 2006Department of Urban Studies and PlanningSENSEable City Laboratory (SCL)
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
February 9, 1999Department of Urban Studies and PlanningMIT-Italy Program (MISTI)
Principal Investigator Carlo Ratti
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Books
Publication date: June 13, 2023BooksAtlas of the Senseable City
Publication date: July 1, 2016BooksThe City of Tomorrow: Sensors, Networks, Hackers, and the Future of Urban Life
Publication date: January 12, 2015BooksDecoding the City: Urbanism in the Age of Big Data
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Video
Designing the Cities of Tomorrow
Carlo Ratti
Professor of Practice of Urban Technologies and Planning;
Director of the SENSEable City Lab at MIT2022-Finland-Carlo-Ratti
Carlo Ratti
Director, MIT Senseable City Lab2021-Paris-Carlo-Ratti
Carlo Ratti
Director, MIT Senseable City Lab9.22.20-Nano-Sense-Day-2--POPULATIONS
A Framework for Biomarkers of COVID-19 Based on Neuromotor Coordination in Speech
Thomas F. Quatieri
Senior Staff, Human Health and Performance Systems Group, Lincoln Laboratory
Senseable Cities
Carlo Ratti
Director, MIT Senseable City Lab
Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media
David Rand
Erwin H. Schell Associate Professor of Management Science, MIT Sloan School of Management
