Lydia Kallipoliti | |
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Λυδία Καλλιπολίτη | |
| 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]
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]
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]
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Lydia Kallipolti is the author of The Architecture of Closed Worlds (2018),published by Lars Müller Publishers [52] [53] ISBN 9783037785805 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 9781638400738 Translated in Chinese by Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press (2025). ISBN 978-7-5722-1812-0
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