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- A tropical forest will soon grow in Helsinki and provide all the citys heat Wed, 14 Jul 21, 2:30amA design proposal for a series of tropical islands has just won the Helsinki Energy Challenge. The goal of this contest is to decarbonize heating systems in the capital city by 2030. Projects like Hot Heart by Carlo Ratti...
- Experimental ILOW to follow the suns trajectory for less energy use Tue, 9 Mar 21, 3:30amInternational design office Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Bouygues Immobilier have revealed designs for ILOW (pronounced ee-low), an experimental and sustainably minded building that aims to bridge two different socio-economic...
- CRAs Playscraper stacks 8 tennis courts into a 300-foot-tall skyscraper Tue, 5 Jan 21, 3:30amCarlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Italo Rota have unveiled designs for the Playscraper, a Jenga-like skyscraper that stacks together eight tennis courts for a total of 60,000 square feet of playing space...
- CRA unveils designs for Biotic, a high-tech district in Brazil Wed, 9 Sep 20, 12:30amAfter two years of development, international design firm Carlo Ratti Associati and consultancy firm Ernst & Young have unveiled their masterplan designs for Biotic, a high-tech innovation district in Brasilia, Brazil...
- Open-source CURA to turn shipping containers into emergency COVID-19 units Fri, 27 Mar 20, 2:30amHospitals overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic could find a much-needed capacity lifeline in retrofitted shipping containers. An international task force, comprised of designers, engineers, medical professionals and military...
- CRA proposes reconfigurable roads and a floating garden to revitalize Luganos waterfront Wed, 22 Jan 20, 5:30amCarlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and Mobility in Chain (MiC) have unveiled a technologically savvy plan to better connect the Swiss city of Lugano with the beautiful Lugano Lake...
- Innovative orange juicer 3D prints bioplastic cups out of leftover orange peels Tue, 17 Sep 19, 12:30amInternational design firm Carlo Ratti Associati has developed an experimental circular juice bar that uses orange peels to make deliciously fresh-squeezed juice but that's not all...
- A massive urban vineyard will envelop a new research center in Milan Sat, 8 Jun 19, 1:30amInternational design and innovation firm Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has won first place in the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group’s international competition with VITAE, a new research center in Milan that will be covered...
- CRA grows a sustainable pavilion out of mushrooms in just 6 weeks Thu, 18 Apr 19, 3:31amCould the houses of the future be grown from mushrooms? Italian architectural firm Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) broaches this question with The Circular Garden, a sustainable pavilion made of mushrooms that — true to the...
- A giant tree grows inside CRAs renovated farmhouse proposal Wed, 10 Oct 18, 3:30amItalian design office Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled designs for the Greenary, a renovated farmhouse that will be designed around a large, leafy, 50-year-old Ficus tree...
- BIG and CRA break ground on greenery-infused Singapore skyscraper Tue, 13 Feb 18, 8:50pmBjarke Ingels Group and Carlo Ratti Associati have broken ground on a new nature-infused skyscraper that’s bringing Singapore a step closer to its ‘City in a Garden’ vision...
- Italy wants to roll out Smart Highways with first aid drones Tue, 30 Jan 18, 11:52pmSelf-driving cars and drones are transforming the world we live in - and designers are harnessing these new technologies to make transportation safer, faster and more efficient...
- Thousands of tomato-sauce jars to turn into tomato architecture at Mutti Wed, 20 Dec 17, 8:30pmAn endless red waterfall of tomatoes will wow visitors at the new headquarters for Mutti, one of the world’s leading tomato brands, that processes 300,000 tons of the fleshy vegetables every year...
- Solar-powered biodome sustains all four seasons at the same time, under one roof Mon, 17 Jul 17, 9:02pmItalian architect Carlo Ratti just unveiled plans for a stunning biodome that recreates all four seasons under one solar-powered roof. The Garden of the Four Seasons is a 2,500-square-meter long enclosed garden that uses...
- CRA designs world’s highest vertical park and observation deck Fri, 26 Feb 16, 1:00amDesigned in collaboration with German engineering firm Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, and British digital design studio Atmos, The Mile concept design is envisioned as a landmark “piazza of the sky,” where citizens...