Lydia Kallipoliti

Lydia Kallipoliti
Λυδία Καλλιπολίτη
NationalityGreek
Academic background
Alma materAristotle University of Thessaloniki
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Academic work
DisciplineArchitecture
Sub-disciplineArchitectural history
InstitutionsThe Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Websiteanacycle.com

Lydia Kallipoliti is a Greek architect, engineer, architectural historian, action researcher, and scholar.[1][2] Her work examines interdisciplinary studies involving architecture, technology, and environmental politics.[3]

Early life and education

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Kallipoliti grew up in Thessaloniki where she graduated from Anatolia College in 1994.[4][5] She studied at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and graduated with a diploma in architecture and engineering.[6] She has an Master of Science in architecture studies from MIT, a Master of Arts and a PhD from Princeton University.[7]

Career

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Kallipoliti was a visiting fellow at the Canadian Center for Architecture,[8] the University of Queensland,[9] and a visiting critic at the University of Technology Sydney. She currently works as an assistant professor at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York.[10][11] She had been an assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, and an assistant professor Adjunct at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.[12] She manages ANAcycle a design studio and thinktank based in New York.[13]

Exhibitions

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In 2016, she curated the Closed Worlds exhibition at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, funded by a grant awarded by New York State Council on the Arts in 2015.[14][15] Other editions of the exhibition were held at Woodbury University School of Architecture's WUHO Gallery,[16] and at the University of Technology Sydney's Art Gallery.[17]

List of Exhibitions Curated by Lydia Kallipoliti
Year Title Place
2011 Ecoredux 02: Design Manuals for a Dying Planet[18] Disseny Hub, Barcelona, Spain
2016 Closed Worlds[15] Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
2019 Closed Worlds[16] University of Technology Sydney, Australia
List of Exhibitions as a Design Contributor
Year Title Place
2015 Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB) (“Re-Living The City”)[19] Shenzhen, China
2016 The Third Istanbul Design Biennial (Are We Human?)[20] Istanbul, Turkey
2017 Onassis Culture (Tomorrows: Urban fictions for possible futures)[21] Diplareios School, Athens, Greece
2019 Oslo Architecture Triennale (Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth)[22] Oslo, Norway
2019 The Design Museum (Moving to Mars)[23] London, UK
2020 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Design Week (Climate Imagery)[24] Melbourne, Australia
2021 Biennale Architettura 2021 (How Will We Live Together?)[25] Venice, Italy

Awards

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  • 2017: Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.[28]

Bibliography

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Books

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  • EcoRedux: Design Remedies for an Ailing Planet (Architectural Design) (2010), published by Wiley ISBN 9780470746622
  • The Architecture of Closed Worlds (2018), published by Lars Müller Publishers[32][33][34] ISBN 9783037785805
  • History of Ecological Design (2018), published by Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.144
  • Contaminating the Red Planet (2019), published by The Design Museum ISBN 9781872005461
  • Chapter 14: Big Dog, Or, The Precarious Aesthetics of Tumbling (2019), published by MIT Press ISBN 9780262039437

Selected review articles and research papers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stinson, Liz (23 February 2016). "The Strange, Messy History of Self-Sustaining Habitats". Wired. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Research in Action". Build Magazine. AI Global Media. 9 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. ^ "School of Architecture Lecture - Lydia Kallipoliti". School of Architecture. Georgia Tech. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Συνέντευξη: Λυδία Καλλιπολίτη '94" [Interview: Lydia Kallipoliti '94]. Alumni News (in Greek). Anatolia College. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  5. ^ "H αρχιτέκτονας της επόμενης μέρας" [The architect of the next day]. Marie Claire Greece (in Greek). 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. ^ Abruzzo, Emily; D. Solomon, Jonathan (2006). Decoration. 306090 Books, Princeton Architectural Press. p. 149. ISBN 9781568985800.
  7. ^ "Lydia Kallipoliti". School of Architecture. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Doctoral Students Program 2007". The Canadian Center for Architecture. 2007. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Visiting Fellows - Past Visiting Fellows". School of Architecture, Design and Planning. University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  10. ^ Strick, Katie (4 August 2020). "Architect wars: How Eva Franch i Gilabert's firing sparked a mutiny". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  11. ^ "The Terraforming Faculty 2022". Strelka Mag. The Strelka Institute. 2022. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Lydia Kallipoliti: The Curious Case of Closed Worlds". Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (Lecture announcement). 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Author Portraits - Lydia Kallipoliti". Lars Müller Publishers. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Organization Search: Architectural League of New York". New York State Council on the Arts. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Closed Worlds". Storefront for Art and Architecture. 16 February 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Closed Worlds". Woodbury University Architecture. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Closed Worlds". UTS Art Gallery. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  18. ^ "EcoRedux 02: Design Manuals for a Dying Planet". Metalocus. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  19. ^ Daniell, Thomas (17 March 2016). "Little Plans". Archis. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  20. ^ "3rd Istanbul Design Biennial". Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Tomorrows - Urban fictions for possible futures". Onassis Foundation. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth - Contributors". Oslo Architecture Triennale. 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  23. ^ Hahn, Jennifer (17 October 2019). "Moving to Mars exhibition opens at Design Museum in London". Dezeen. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  24. ^ "The Climate Imaginary A 2021 NGV Melbourne Design Week Exhibition". Melbourne School of Design. University of Melbourne. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Biennale Architettura 2021 - Nora Akawi, Hayley Eber; Lydia Kallipoliti; Lauren Kogod; Ife Vanable - Microcosms and Schisms". La Biennale di Venezia. 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  26. ^ "EcoRedux". Webby Awards. 2010. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  27. ^ "Graham Foundation: Grantee Projects - Exhibition: Closed Worlds | Grantee: Lydia Kallipliti | Grant Year: 2014". Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  28. ^ "Lydia Kallipoliti Wins ACSA Creative Achievement Award". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  29. ^ Valencia, Nicolás (25 August 2020). "Lydia Kallipoliti and Areti Markopoulou Appointed Head Curators of Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2022". ArchDaily. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  30. ^ Hilburg, Jonathan (25 August 2020). "Lydia Kallipoliti and Areti Markopoulou will curate the 2022 Tallinn Architecture Biennale". The Architect's Newspaper. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  31. ^ "TAB 2022 curatorial team and competition winning proposal announced". World Architecture. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  32. ^ Gallanti, Fabrizio (17 May 2019). "The closed worlds of Lydia Kallipoliti". Abitare. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  33. ^ Jenkins, Emma (12 August 2019). "Art explores the technology of closed worlds". University of Technology Sydney. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  34. ^ Tipene, Luke (21 October 2020). "Inside the Architecture of Closed Worlds, or, What is the Power of Shit?". Idea Journal. 17 (1): 51–67. doi:10.37113/ij.v17i01.340. S2CID 234619133. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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