Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen is the Cret Chair Professor of Practice in the Department of Architecture at Weitzman and professor and the director of the Centre for IT and Architecture research group (CITA) at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Design and Conservation.
Thomsen examines the intersections between architecture and advanced computational design processes examining the profound changes that digital technologies instigate in the way architecture is thought, designed and built. In 2005, she founded the Centre for IT and Architecture research group (CITA) at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Design and Conservation, where she has piloted a special research focus on the new digital-material relations that digital technologies bring forth. CITA has been central in the forming of an international research field examining the changes to material practice in architecture. This has been led by a series of research investigations developing concepts and technologies as well as strategic projects such as the international Marie Curie ITN network Innochain and the ERC project “Eco-Metabolistic Modelling for Architectural Design,” which fosters interdisciplinary sharing and dissemination of expertise and supports new collaborations in the fields of architecture, engineering, and fabrication. She is currently general reporter and head of science track for the UIA2023CPH world congress “Sustainable Futures – Leave no one behind,” which asks how architecture can contribute to the UN SDGs.
