2019 Programme
Event #17
Carlo Ratti
Open Source Architecture
The figure of the “architect-hero” left a big mark in the XX century architecture. But it has not always been like this – back in the days projecting and constructing buildings and cities has always been carried out with collaborative methods and the ideas came from below rather than from the top. Something similar is happening today – and it will happen even more in the future – thanks to the Open Source movement and the new models of participation. Potentially, it represents a proper revolution in the architecture and design fields.
Carlo Ratti, architect and engineer, teaches at MIT in Boston, where he directs the Senseable City Laboratory, and he is the founder of the international design and innovation studio Carlo Ratti Associati. His works have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Design Museum in Barcelona, the Science Museum in London and the MoMA in New York. Two of his projects - the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel - have been nominated by the Time Best Inventions of the Year. Included by Wired among the 50 people who will change the world, he is co-chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanisation, and special advisor to the European Commission on digital and smart cities. He has written for Einaudi Architettura Open Source (2014) and La città di domani (with M. Claudel, 2017).
Event #6
Alessandro Barbero
Popular revolts in Medieval Europe.
The Jacquerie of French peasants (1358)

Event #16Approfonditamente
Dario Bressanini, Lucilla Titta
Yesterday’s and tomorrow's diets. How to survive fake news?

Event #21
Paolo Colombo, Michele Tranquillini
Ernst Henry Shackleton. The hero who defeated the Arctic

Event #25
Roberto Celada Ballanti
The destiny of a community and many religions: is there a dialogue for the future of humanity?

Event #31Approfonditamente
Marco Ortenzi, Marco Parolini
The real truth about plastic and bioplastic (maybe)

Event #62didatticaMente
Alberto Pellai, Barbara Tamborini
The emotive education of the hyper-connected generation
