Urban Cities in the Digital Age: How Architecture & Innovation are 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.
The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute of Georgetown College, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Georgetown University Department of Italian, and the Department of Art & Art History cordially invites you to a presentation and discussion on how new technologies are shaping and impacting urban life.
Speaker
Professor Carlo Ratti
Director, MIT Senseable City Lab
Founding Partner International Design and Innovation Practice Carlo Ratti Association
Moderator & Discussion Leader
Christopher S. Celenza, Ph.D.,Dr.phil.
Dean of Georgetown College
Professor, History and Classics
Georgetown University
