Antonio Sant'Elia was born in Como, Lombardy (30 April 1888 – 10 October 1916) and son of Luigi Sant'Elia and Cristina Panzillo. He was an Italian architect and a key member of the Futurist movement in architecture. He left behind almost no completed works of architecture and is primarily remembered for his bold sketches and influence on modern architecture.
In 1905 he graduated as a master builder, in his hometown, and the following year he finished the "School of Arts of G. Castellini Crafts". He moved to Milan in 1907 where he frequented the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera until 1909. In this context he met the painters Carlo Carrà and Leonardo Dudreville.
In 1912 he passed the examination that enabled him as professor of Architectural Design, which enabled him to teach in Bologna. In that year - together with G. Possamai - formed the Nuove Tendenze group. From 1913 he began to teach in Bologna and opened an studio in Milan with a friend.
He join the Futurism by publishing the Manifesto of Futurist Architecture in 1914, in which he expounded the principles of this movement. The futurism of Sant 'Elia was influenced by the American industrial cities and by the Viennese architects Otto Wagner and Joseph Maria Olbrich. Sant'Elia conceived the futurism as architecture in "movement", an architectural space linked to time, in a technological science of machines systemic project.
The "Città Nuova" (New Town), from 1913-1914, is the most important project of this architect. Here he imagines the future's Milan - in a collection of sketches and projects. He participated voluntarily in the First World War, where he died.
In 1905 he graduated as a master builder, in his hometown, and the following year he finished the "School of Arts of G. Castellini Crafts". He moved to Milan in 1907 where he frequented the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera until 1909. In this context he met the painters Carlo Carrà and Leonardo Dudreville.
In 1912 he passed the examination that enabled him as professor of Architectural Design, which enabled him to teach in Bologna. In that year - together with G. Possamai - formed the Nuove Tendenze group. From 1913 he began to teach in Bologna and opened an studio in Milan with a friend.
He join the Futurism by publishing the Manifesto of Futurist Architecture in 1914, in which he expounded the principles of this movement. The futurism of Sant 'Elia was influenced by the American industrial cities and by the Viennese architects Otto Wagner and Joseph Maria Olbrich. Sant'Elia conceived the futurism as architecture in "movement", an architectural space linked to time, in a technological science of machines systemic project.
The "Città Nuova" (New Town), from 1913-1914, is the most important project of this architect. Here he imagines the future's Milan - in a collection of sketches and projects. He participated voluntarily in the First World War, where he died.
