Antonio Sant'Elia

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Antonio Sant'Elia circa 1908

Antonio Sant'Elia (born April 30, 1888 in Como , † October 10, 1916 in Monfalcone ) was an Italian architect of Futurism .

biography

Sant'Elia attended the building trade school in Como and later studied at the Accademia di Brera in Milan and Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna . In 1912 he opened his own architectural office in Milan and made contact with futurists.

Sant'Elia joined the Italian Army in 1915 when Italy entered the First World War . In 1916, at the age of 28, he was killed near Monfalcone during the Eighth Battle of the Isonzo .

plant

Sant'Elia was influenced by the Italian Liberty architects Raimondo D'Aronco and Giuseppe Sommaruga as well as by the Austrians Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos . Inspired by US high-rise architecture (which he only knew from magazines), he drew a series of drawings La Città Nuova (the New City) from 1912–1914 . In these drawings he answered questions about modern development and traffic using the example of Milan. The images show terraced high-rise buildings, elevated railways and a large airport on the roof of the central station . The drawings were exhibited in 1914 in an exhibition by the Nuove Tendenze architectural group . Thanks to numerous publications, they influenced many modern architects in the 1920s , u. a. Le Corbusier . On July 11, 1914, the manifesto L'architettura futurista ( Futuristic Architecture ) appeared, which Sant'Elia co-signed. The only works Sant'Elias executed, however, have rather classifying features.

literature

Web links

Commons : Antonio Sant'Elia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Raffaella Catini:  Antonio Sant'Elia. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).
personal data
SURNAME Sant'Elia, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Como
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1916
Place of death Monfalcone