Carlo Ratti is a co-founder of CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati and professor at the M.I.T. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, where he directs the Senseable City Lab. He was recently named the curator of the 2025 Venice Biennale.
The world is awash in glitzy buildings that attempt to shock-and-awe their way to the top, but most of these expensive, unsubtle projects have also been uninspiring, write Carlo Ratti and Antoine Picon.
