Lydia Kallipoliti
Lydia Kallipoliti | |
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Λυδία Καλλιπολίτη | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Massachusetts Institute of Technology Princeton University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Architecture |
| Sub-discipline | Architectural history |
| Institutions | Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation[1] |
| Website | anacycle.com |
Lydia Kallipoliti is a Greek architect, engineer, architectural historian, action researcher, and scholar.[2][3] Her work examines interdisciplinary studies involving architecture, technology, and environmental politics.[4] Her research has contributed to the way architecture engages with ecological pedagogies, by confronting waste, recycling, and closed-loop systems.[5]
Early life and education
Kallipoliti grew up in Thessaloniki where she graduated from Anatolia College in 1994.[6][7] She studied at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and graduated with a diploma in architecture and engineering.[8] She has a Master of Science in architecture studies from MIT, a Master of Arts and a PhD from Princeton University.[9]
Career
Lydia Kallipoliti is currently the Director of the Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design and an Associate Professor[1] at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation[10] in New York. Additionally, she directs ANAcycle a design studio and thinktank in New York.[11] Kallipoliti was a visiting fellow at the Canadian Center for Architecture,[12] the University of Queensland,[13] and a visiting critic at the University of Technology Sydney. Additionally, she was an assistant professor at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,[14][15] and an assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Syracuse University.[16]
Exhibitions
In 2016, she curated the Closed Worlds exhibition at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, supported by grants awarded by the Graham Foundation[17] and the New York State Council on the Arts in 2015.[18][19] Other editions of the exhibition were held at Woodbury University School of Architecture's WUHO Gallery,[20] and at the University of Technology Sydney's Art Gallery.[21]
| Year | Title | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Ecoredux 02: Design Manuals for a Dying Planet[22][23] | Disseny Hub, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2016 | Closed Worlds[19][24][25] | Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York |
| 2019 | Closed Worlds[20] | University of Technology Sydney, Australia |
| 2024 | Histories of Ecological Design[26] | Cooper Union, New York |
In 2022, Kallipoliti was appointed head co-curator or the Tallinn Architecture Biennale with Areti Markopoilou, following an international competition by the Estonian Museum of Architecture.[27][28] Their exhibition, "Edible, or, The Architecture of Metabolism," was consequently selected as the winner of the year in universal design in 2023 by the Design Educates Awards.[29][30] In 2024, she curated the exhibition "Histories of Ecological Design" at Cooper Union in New York in relation to her published book "Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia".[26]
| Year | Title | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB) (“Re-Living The City”).[31] Honorable Mention by the independent jury of the Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale.[32] | Shenzhen, China |
| 2016 | The Third Istanbul Design Biennial (Are We Human?)[33] | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2017 | Onassis Culture (Tomorrows: Urban fictions for possible futures)[34] | Diplareios School, Athens, Greece |
| 2019 | Oslo Architecture Triennale (Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth)[35] | Oslo, Norway |
| 2019 | The Design Museum (Moving to Mars)[36] | London, UK |
| 2020 | National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Design Week (Climate Imagery)[37] | Melbourne, Australia |
| 2021 | Biennale Architettura 2021 (How Will We Live Together?)[38] | Venice, Italy |
| 2022 | Lisbon Architecture Triennale (Cycles). Received Bronze Prize in Design Educates Awards, in the Universal Design category, 2023.[39] | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2023 | Shanghai Urban Space Art Season (METro-BIOSIS). Shortlisted for The World Architecture Festival 2024 - Temporary Uses.[40] | Shanghai, China |
| 2025 | La Biennale Di Venezia, Biennale Architecttura (Intelligens. Natural. Artificial)[41] | Venice, Italy |
| 2025 | Trienalle di Milano (We, the Bacteria)[42] | Milan, Italy |
Awards
- 2010: Webby Awards.[43]
- 2014: Graham Foundation Production and Presentation Grant for her Closed Worlds exhibition project.[44]
- 2017: Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.[45]
- 2019: Best of Design Award for Unbuilt Interiors, The architects Newspaper.[46]
- 2020: Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2022.[47][48][49]
- 2023: Design Educates Awards, Winner of the Year in Universal Design.[50]
- 2023: Graham Foundation Publication Grant for Edible, or, The Architecture of Metabolism.[51]
Bibliography
Books
Lydia Kallipolti is the author of The Architecture of Closed Worlds (2018), published by Lars Müller Publishers [52][53] ISBN 978-3-03778-580-5 and reviewed by the Journal of Architecture,[54] Idea Journal,[55] The Architect's Newspaper,[56] Abitare,[57] Archinect[58] among other journals and media platforms. Additionally, The Architecture of Closed Worlds (2018) was featured in HBO's The White Lotus Series, Season 2.[59][60][61][62]
In 2024, Kallipolti published Histories of Ecological Design, published by Actar Publishers.[63][64][65] ISBN 978-1-63840-073-8 Translated in Chinese by Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press (2025). ISBN 9787577218120
Other Books Include
- Building Metabolism (2025), published by Actar Publishers [66][67]
- EcoRedux: Design Remedies for an Ailing Planet (Architectural Design) (2010), published by Wiley ISBN 9780470746622
- History of Ecological Design (2018), published by Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.144
Selected Review Articles, Chapters, and Research Papers
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2010). "Dry Rot: The Chemical Origins of British Preservation." Future Anterior doi:10.1353/fta.2010.0000
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2010). "The Soft Cosmos of AD’s ‘Cosmorama’ in the 1960s and 1970s." Architectural Design doi:10.1002/ad.1160
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2010). "No More Schisms." Architectural Design doi:10.1002/ad.1158
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2011). "Eco-Redux: Lydia Kallipoliti: Environmental Architecture from 'Object" to 'System' to 'Cloud.'" PRAXIS: Journal of Writing + Building JSTOR 24329271
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2012). "From Shit to Food: Graham Caine's Eco-House in South London, 1972-1975." Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum doi:10.5749/buildland.19.1.0087
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2015). "Closed Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Dirty Physiology." Architectural Theory Review. doi:10.1080/13264826.2015.1078385
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2015). "Endangered Pieces of Nature and the Architecture of Closed Worlds." Volume (ISSN 1574-9401)
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2016). "Masters and Slaves" e-flux Architecture.
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2019). "On Interference: Designing Strange Life Forms that Don’t Always Listen." Ardeth doi:10.17454/ARDETH05.13
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2019), "Contaminating the Red Planet" published by The Design Museum ISBN 978-1-872005-46-1
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2019), Chapter 14 "Big Dog, Or, The Precarious Aesthetics of Tumbling" published by MIT Press ISBN 978-0-262-03943-7
- Dragonas, Panos and Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2020). "Silence Murmur." AA Files JSTOR 27124618
- Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2020), "Zoom In, Zoom Out" e-flux Architecture.
- Kallipoliti, Lydia and Theodoridis, Andreas. (2024) "Field Notes on Pipes and Plants" Log (60).
See also
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