Lydia Kallipoliti is a Greek

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, engineer, architectural historian, action researcher, and

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. Her work examines interdisciplinary studies involving

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, and environmental politics.

Early life and education

Kallipoliti grew up in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

where she graduated from

Anatolia College Anatolia College (Greek: Κολλέγιο Ανατόλια, , also known as the American College (Greek: Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο, ), is a private, non-profit, educational institution located in Pylaia, a suburb of Thessaloniki, G ...

in 1994. She studied at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and graduated with a diploma in architecture and engineering. She has an

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in architecture studies from MIT, a

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and a PhD from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

Career

Kallipoliti was a visiting fellow at the Canadian Center for Architecture, the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

, and a visiting critic at the

University of Technology Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although its origins are said to trace back to the 1830s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 2021 ...

. She currently works as an assistant professor at the

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. She had been an assistant professor at

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van ...

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

, and an assistant professor Adjunct at

Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) is the architecture school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. It is regarded as an important and highly prestigious architecture school.

. She manages ''ANAcycle'' a

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and

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based in

Exhibitions

In 2016, she curated the ''Closed Worlds'' exhibition at the

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, funded by a grant awarded by

New York State Council on the Arts The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell (1905–1996), ...

in 2015. Other editions of the exhibition were held at Woodbury University School of Architecture's ''WUHO Gallery'', and at the

's Art Gallery.

Awards

* 2010:

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. * 2014:

Graham Foundation The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts is a 501(c)3 non-profit that “fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Graham realize ...

Production and Presentation Grant for her ''Closed Worlds'' exhibition project. * 2017: ''Creative Achievement Award'' from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. * 2020: ''Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2022''.

Bibliography

Books

*''EcoRedux: Design Remedies for an Ailing Planet (Architectural Design)'' (2010), published by Wiley *''The Architecture of Closed Worlds'' (2018), published by Lars Müller Publishers *''History of Ecological Design'' (2018), published by Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science *''Contaminating the Red Planet'' (2019), published by ''The Design Museum'' *''Chapter 14: Big Dog, Or, The Precarious Aesthetics of Tumbling'' (2019), published by ''MIT Press''

Selected review articles and research papers

*Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2010). "Dry Rot: The Chemical Origins of British Preservation." ''

Future Anterior ''Future Anterior'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Minnesota Press. The editor-in-chief is Jorge Otero-Pailos (Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation). History The journal w ...

'' *Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2010). "The Soft Cosmos of AD’s ‘Cosmorama’ in the 1960s and 1970s." ''

Architectural Design Building design refers to the broadly based architectural, engineering and technical applications to the design of buildings. All building projects require the services of a building designer, typically a licensed architect. Smaller, less complic ...

'' *Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2010). "No More Schisms." ''

'' *Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2011).
Eco-Redux: Lydia Kallipoliti: Environmental Architecture from 'Object" to 'System' to 'Cloud
'" ''PRAXIS: Journal of Writing + Building'' *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'' *Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2015). "Closed Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Dirty Physiology." ''Architectural Theory Review''. *Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2015).
Endangered Pieces of Nature and the Architecture of Closed Worlds
" ''

Volume Volume is a measure of occupied three-dimensional space. It is often quantified numerically using SI derived units (such as the cubic metre and litre) or by various imperial or US customary units (such as the gallon, quart, cubic inch). The de ...

'' () *Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2019). "On Interference: Designing Strange Life Forms that Don’t Always Listen." ''Ardeth'' *Dragonas, Panos and Kallipoliti, Lydia. (2020).
Silence Murmur
" '' AA Files''

References

External links

Tallinn Architecture Biennale TAB 2022 Official websitePage on AcademiaANAcycle thinktank websiteThe Closed Worlds Project Website
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