Histories of Ecological Design

An Unfinished Cyclopedia

Lydia Kallipoliti, Anthony Vidler

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English

Actar Publishers
01 July 2024

Law; Applied ecology

This book documents the intersection of architecture and design with ecology, environmental history, policy, governance and law from the 19th century to today. It presents conflicting definitions and concepts of architects and designers and the parallel histories of their intellectual positions toward environmental throughout time.

There have been many accounts on the history of ecology and others on the migration of ecological thought to design and architecture practice. Yet, the work of a focused and expanded history of ecological design is much needed. This book presents conflicting definitions and concepts of architects and designers and the parallel histories of their intellectual positions toward environmental thought from the 19th century to today.

To survey the formation of this field, the history of ecological design will be not be exclusively examined chronologically, but also in connected worldviews, each rendering evolving perceptions of nature, its relation to culture, and the occupation of the natural world by human and non-human subjects.

By: Lydia Kallipoliti
Foreword by: Anthony Vidler
Imprint: Actar Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781638400738
ISBN 10: 1638400733
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Lydia Kallipoliti is an architect, engineer and scholar whose research focuses on the intersections of architecture, technology and environmental politics. She is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the Cooper Union in New York. Previously she has taught at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she directed the MSArch program, Syracuse University, Columbia University, Pratt Institute and the University of Technology Sydney; she was also a visiting fellow at the University of Queensland in Australia. Kallipoliti is the author of The Architecture of Closed Worlds, Or, What is the Power of Shit (Lars Muller/Storefront, 2018), as well as the History of Ecological Design for Oxford English Encyclopedia of Environmental Science (2017). Her work has been exhibited in a number of international venues including the Venice Biennial, the Istanbul Design Biennial, the Shenzhen Biennial, the Lisbon Triennale, the Oslo Trienalle, the London Design Museum and the Storefront for Art and Architecture. Kallipoliti is the recipient of a Webby Award, grants from the Graham Foundation, and the New York State Council for the Arts, an Honorable Mention at the Shenzhen Biennial, a Fulbright scholarship, and the ACSA annual award for Creative Achievement. Recently, her practice ANAcycle was recognized as a Leading Innovator in Sustainable Design in BUILD's 2019, 2020 & 2021 awards. Kallipoliti holds a Diploma in Architecture and Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, a SMArchS from MIT and a PhD from Princeton University. Along with Areti Markopoulou, she curated the 2022 Tallinn Architecture Biennale with the theme ""Edible; Or, The Architecture of Metabolism."""

Reviews for Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia

""The eighteen chapters comprising ""Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia"" are organized by Professor Lydia Kallipoliti into three main sections (Naturalism; Synthetic Naturalism; Dark Naturalism), and enhanced for the reader's benefit with the inclusion of a Bibliography. Of special and particular interest to readers concerned with sustainability, green design, and environmental policy development/practice"", ""Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia"". This paperback edition of ""Histories of Ecological Design: An Unfinished Cyclopedia"" from Actar D is especially recommended for personal and professional reading lists, as well as college/university library supplemental Environmental Science curriculum studies and collections."" --Midwest Book Review