Dear writer, You are in charge to write the 2nd and the 3rd chapter and the conclusion of my dissertation. 3000 words each more or less including the conclusion. I have already written the first chapter. I will attach it for you, including the dissertation proposal outlined and explained with the relative bibliography. In my dissertation, I will be exploring Antonio Sant’Elia’s drawings in their historical context, including both Futurism and Fascism, to show how he influenced subsequent architectural movements such as Brutalism and Rationalism, movies such as Metropolis and Blade Runner, and First Person Shooter (FPS) videogames such as Halo and Doom. I want to demonstrate how Sant’Elia was ahead of his time despite being active for only a few years at the beginning of the 20th century, and how his projects gave inspiration to future architects, film directors, and game developers wishing to portray a dystopian reality. In the first chapter, I will focus mainly on Elia’s architectural style, displaying several visual examples found in Godoli, Ezio, Antonio Sant’Elia e l’architettura del suo tempo: Atti del Convegno Internazionale, to underline the major innovations of Futurism and the shift from previous architectural styles. In doing so, I will be juxtaposing his early projects to Otto Wagner’s designs to highlight the similarities between the two. I will also be including primary sources from Sant’Elia Antonio, Manifesto dell’Architettura Futurista, in which I will explain the significant points written in the document. Taking into account Gentile, Emilio, The Struggle for Modernity: Nationalism, Futurism and Fascism, I will also be dedicating a brief paragraph to how Tomaso Marinetti, founder of Italian Futurism, recruited Antonio Sant’Elia into the movement, and their relationship within the Fascist regime. In the second chapter, you will analyse Sant’Elia and Mario Chiattone’s projects, mainly the former, concerning Brutalism, showing several buildings as a visual description to underline the similarities of both styles. Both were born before Mussolini’s dictatorship, so you will explain how Fascism drew inspiration from Elia’s drawings, influencing the taste of Rationalist architecture by imposing a homogeneous sense of uniformity and regularity. You will also consider his drawings as blueprints for the dystopic genre which Brutalist architects took inspiration from, which lasted from the end of WW2 and reached its peak during the Cold War, affecting mostly the Soviet Union, Berlin Germany, UK and in part the United States. The arguments will be developed by considering Berghaus, Günter, Futurism and Politics and Reyner, Banham, The New Brutalism: Ethic or Aesthetic? The third chapter will explore how Sant’Elia inspired important film directors such as Ridley Scott and Fritz Lang, including images from both Metropolis and Blade Runner as a showcase of the similarities with the architect’s oeuvre. A comparison between La Città Nuova by Sant’ Elia and Blade Runner’s replicant headquarters will be made, exploring the book by David Scroggy, Blade Runner Sketch Book. Furthermore, You will outline the psychological implications of the architectural setting used in the movie as a symbol of dystopian and capitalist reality ruled by an exclusive elite power who wish to keep control of the society. In the final section, you will link both Brutalism and Sant’Elia’s projects to the FPS (First Person Shooter) videogames such as Halo and Doom. I will analyse the bond between dystopic reality, Brutalism, and individual alienation, which lead Master Chief in Halo and Space Marine in Doom to fight for the sake of humanity and bring freedom to Earth. In doing so, I will examine how the interior design used for Doom resembles Brutalism, while Halo’s external landscapes link to Sant’Elia. For both the second and the third chapters, you will need to describe and compare a lot of case studies. For instance, you will have to juxtapose Antonio Sant’Elia projects to the Italian fascist Radicalist Buildings and British and European Brutalism. Mandatory books. You will need to browse The Work of Antonio Sant’Elia written by Esther da Costa Mayer. And Antonio Sant’Elia, the complete works / Luciano Caramel, Alberto Longatti. Brutalism post-war British Architecture by Alexander Clement Sos Brutalism A global survey by Elser, Kurtz, Cachola Schmal I will attach some FPS Halo and Doom books. Plus all the online PDF books I got. PS I do not have the Halo 3 book graphic book. I attached on the dissertation proposal essay the screenshot I got from the videogame Halo 3, Blade Runner and Metropolis. You have to deal with it in the last chapter.
