The trail for Paolo Chelazzi’s accomplishments proved to be a long trek. Hidden in the dust of time, this pursuit proved long and difficult, even challenging, with many twists and turns. There were few initial tracks.
The first, Eduardo Torroja, cited in the English version of his book "Structural Philosophy", translated by the Polivka, as well as occasional references in various texts on structures linked Chelazzi with the suspenarch. It is in Perugia where Paolo Chelazzi’s story begins. Immersed in the futuristic fervor, passionate about art and music, he learns his craft from Sisto Mastrodicasa. It continues in China, in big Shanghai, with the design of an airplane factory and twenty years of intense work and with alternative economic results. The war, the Japanese concentration camp and then, after surrender, his move to the United States. His life continues between New York and Perugia, in an unceasing journey back and forth, and while remaining in contact with the great design
