Topic: Carlo Ratti – Rethinking Architecture
Date: June 26th, 2026
Time: 13:00 – 14:00 GMT
Format: Online on Zoom
Duration: 1 Hour
Registration Deadline: June 25th, 2026
Total Seats: 500 seats
Language: English
Certificate: Yes
Fee: Free event
Organized By: PAACADEMY
Speaker: Carlo Ratti
Recordings: Recordings will be available for all members afterward indefinitely.
Introduction:
In a world increasingly shaped by data, technology, and environmental uncertainty, architecture is no longer defined only by form and function. It becomes a responsive system capable of sensing, adapting, and evolving alongside the societies it serves. As cities grow more complex, architects are challenged to rethink how intelligence, information, and human experience intersect within the built environment.
Today, architecture extends beyond static design. It operates as a living interface between people, data, and place. The most forward-thinking practices are redefining cities as dynamic systems where digital and physical realities merge to create environments that respond in real time to human and environmental conditions.
Carlo Ratti, founder of Carlo Ratti Associati and director of the Senseable City Lab at MIT, represents a pioneering approach to architecture and urbanism grounded in data, sensing technologies, and systems thinking. His work explores how information can transform the way cities are understood, designed, and experienced.
From interactive installations and experimental urban prototypes to large-scale infrastructure and research-driven design, his projects investigate how technology can create more adaptive, efficient, and human-centered environments. By merging architecture with real-time data and computational intelligence, his practice challenges conventional boundaries between the digital and physical worlds.
Join us on June 26th at 13:00 GMT as PAACADEMY hosts Carlo Ratti for an exclusive 45-minute open talk, followed by a 15-minute live Q&A. During the session, he will present key projects and share insights into the ideas, processes, and research directions that define his practice.
Speaker:
Carlo Ratti
An architect and engineer by training, Professor Carlo Ratti teaches at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he directs the Senseable City Lab, and is a founding partner of the international design office Carlo Ratti Associati. He graduated from the Politecnico di Torino and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, and later earned his MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. Ratti has co-authored over 500 publications and holds several patents.
His work has been exhibited worldwide at venues such as the Venice Biennale, the Design Museum in Barcelona, the Science Museum in London, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Two of his projects – the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel – have been included by TIME Magazine in the list of the ‘Best Inventions of the Year’.He has been featured in Esquire Magazine’s “Best and Brightest” list and in Wired Magazine’s “Smart List.” Blueprint Magazine included him among the “25 People who will Change the World of Design,” and Fast Company named him as one of the “50 Most Influential Designers in America.
“Ratti was a presenter at TED, curator of the Future Food District pavilion for the 2015 World Expo in Milan, and is currently serving as both a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Cities and special adviser on Urban Innovation to the European Commission. As well as being a regular contributor to Project Syndicate, he has written for international media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Scientific American, the BBC, and others.
Important Notes:
- The “Carlo Ratti – Rethinking Architecture” Lecture by PAACADEMY will start at 13:00 (GMT) on Friday, June 26th, 2026.
- The lecture duration will be 45 minutes.
- The lecture will be recorded, and videos will be available for members for an unlimited time.
- PAACADEMY will provide a certificate of attendance.
- The event has limited seats.
Topic: Carlo Ratti – Rethinking Architecture
Date: June 26th, 2026
Time: 13:00 – 14:00 GMT
Format: Online on Zoom
Duration: 1 Hour
Registration Deadline: June 26th, 2026
Total Seats: 500 seats
Language: English
Certificate: Yes
Fee: Free event
Organized By: PAACADEMY
Tutor: Carlo Ratti
Recordings: Recordings will be available for all members afterward indefinitely.
