The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute of Georgetown College, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Georgetown University Departments of Italian, and of Art & Art History, cordially invites you to a presentation and discussion on how new technologies are shaping and impacting urban life.
FEATURING
Professor Carlo Ratti
Director, MIT Senseable City Lab
Founding Partner International Design and Innovation Practice Carlo Ratti Association
“Urban Cities in the Digital Age:
How Architecture & Innovation Are Shaping the City of the Future”
MODERATOR
Christopher S. Celenza, Ph.D.,Dr.phil.
Dean of Georgetown College
Professor, History and Classics
Georgetown University
LOCATION
Intercultural Center Auditorium
Georgetown University
3700 O Street NW
Washington, DC 20057
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PROFESSOR CARLO RATTI
DIRECTOR, MIT SENSEABLE CITY LAB
FOUNDING PARTNER, CARLO RATTI ASSOCIATION
An architect and engineer by training, Professor Carlo Ratti teaches at MIT, where he directs the Senseable City Laboratory, and is a founding partner of the international design and innovation practice Carlo Ratti Associati. A leading voice in the debate on new technologies’ impact on urban life, his work has been exhibited in several venues worldwide, including the Venice Biennale, New York’s MoMA, London’s Science Museum, and Barcelona’s Design Museum. Two of his projects – the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel – were hailed by Time Magazine as ‘Best Inventions of the Year’. He has been included in Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List: 50 people who will change the world’. He is currently serving as co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization, and as special advisor on Urban Innovation to the European Commission
Abstract
“Urban Cities in the Digital Age: How Architecture & Innovation is Shaping the City of the Future”
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 energy to mobility, from production to citizen participation. 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.