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All the Seasons in One Building – Taking Indoor Environmental Control to the Extreme

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth,” said Pablo Picasso. Next month a project will come to life in Piazza del Duomo, Milan’s main square, that will create a unreal reality and help us comprehend a growing truth about our smart buildings and cities – that we have more control of those environments than most would have imagined. The International design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled plans for “Living Nature / La Natura dell’Abitare”, a garden pavilion in the square where all four seasons coexist with each other at the same time. Using an innovative energy management system for climate control, Ratti and his team will show what is already possible with environmental control, and spark a discussion about how best to use these technologies. “An architect and engineer by training, Ratti directs the Senseable City Lab at MIT,” we introduced Ratti before his interview with Memoori in […]

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