Architect from Turin, Italy. Graduated from the Turin Polytechnic University (Politecnico di Torino), heavy engineering. He later earned his MPhil and PhD degrees in architecture from the University of Cambridge, UK. In June 2007, Italian Minister of Culture Francesco Rutelli selected Ratti as a member of the Italian Design Council – an advisory board to the Italian government that includes 25 leaders of design in Italy. Carlo Ratti directs the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) SENSEable City Lab.
Carlo Ratti founded CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati, an international design and innovation office based in Torino, Italy, with branches in New York and London.