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How does a vision of "disposable" architecture from 1914 align with 21st-century needs for environmental flexibility and rapid technological turnover?

Below is a proposal for a paper titled which explores how his concepts of ephemeral architecture and industrial dynamism translate to modern urban planning. Paper Proposal: "The Disposable City" 1. Abstract elia.rar

This paper examines the influence of Antonio Sant'Elia’s Manifesto of Futurist Architecture on contemporary urban theory. While Sant'Elia’s "Città Nuova" was never built, his rejection of "perpetual" architecture and his embrace of the industrial aesthetic provide a framework for understanding modern modular design and "smart" infrastructure. This study argues that the digital "unzipping" of his ideas (represented symbolically by the elia.rar archive) reveals a blueprint for sustainable, adaptable cities that prioritize function and movement over static monumentality. How does a vision of "disposable" architecture from

Sant'Elia’s work should be viewed not as a historical relic, but as an archived ("rar-ified") set of principles for dynamic, multi-layered urban environments. 3. Core Pillars of Analysis Abstract This paper examines the influence of Antonio

The paper concludes by suggesting that the "Città Nuova" is finally becoming a reality, not in stone, but in the flexible, digital, and high-speed infrastructure of the modern megalopolis.

Analyzing Sant'Elia’s claim that each generation should build its own city. This section contrasts traditional preservation with the modern "pop-up" urbanism found in sites like Academia.edu .