The MAE Museum – CRA Reimagines Italy’s Industrial Legacy as a Living Laboratory

The MAE Museum transforms the world’s largest carbon fibre archives into a dynamic, living museum. The project, commissioned by MAE—the world’s leading manufacturer of equipment for carbon fibre production—in Italy’s Motor Valley, repositions the archive as an interactive environment for research, learning, and public engagement, bridging material science with culture and forward-looking inquiry.The MAE Museum marks a shift in how industrial knowledge is preserved and shared. Carlo Ratti Associati, in collaboration with the late designer Italo Rota, opens a once-inaccessible body of technical intelligence to experimentation and public encounter, allowing knowledge to be explored rather than merely stored. Framed as […]