Staff / George Epolito
Senior Lecturer
0161 247 6944
BS & BArch, Rensselaer Troy, NY, USA
MArch, SCI-Arc Los Angeles, CA, USA
Personal Details
George Epolito joined the MSA in September 2006 after serving as the Professor in Residence and Academic Director of Clemson University’s Study Abroad Program in Genoa, Italy for two years. He has taught at numerous programmes in the United States as well as serving twice as the Professor Visitante at the Universidad de Puerto Rico. He holds a Masters of Architecture degree from SCI-Arc in Los Angeles and a Bachelors of Architecture from Rensselaer in Troy, NY.
Within the MSA, George currently in the Unit Leader of the BArch unit, displace / non-place.
Research
George’s research has focused on the plight of marginalised cultures, their situation within the realm of the everyday, and their potential for informing new design strategies for the built environment. His academic writings and presentations have investigated this potential in African-American culture, Puerto Rican culture, and Italian immigrant culture – both in Rió de la Plata Basin of Latin America and the Deep South of the United States.
Key words
architecture and the everyday; social and spatial marginalisation in the Americas, ethnography - immigrant/ethnic enclaves, Italian influence in art and architecture of the Rió de la Plata Basin; tropical Modernism in Latin America, intersection of avant-garde strategies and historic structures; architectural theory
Research
A selection of recent research outputs.Exhibitions
Epolito, G., Como, A. students from University of Salerno (Italy), displace non-place Manchester School of Architecture, Washington State University (U.S.A.), 2010. MA.CHI.NA. Heterotopian Investigations in Naples Manchester Chicago, Futuro Remoto, Città della Scienza, Naples Italy, 12 - 28 November 2010.
Book Chapters
Epolito, G., 2005. 'Chiaroscuro - Crossing the [Swarthy] Color Line into White Ethnicity'. In SOUTH Volume 1, 1, 18 - 29, Clemson School of Architecture, Clemson, SC.
Presentations
Epolito, G., 2011. ''Golondrinas: Birds of Passage - The Influence of Italianità in Art and Architecture of the Río de la Plata Basin in the 19th & 20th centuries'', Echi Oltremare: Italy, the Mediterranean... and Beyond N.E.V.I.S conference, Rome, Italy, 17 & 18 June, 2011.
Epolito, G., 2010. 'Golondrinas: Birds of Passage How Two Italian Academics/Architects (Inadvertently) Influenced the Construction of National Cultural Identities in Built Form in Italy and the Río de la Plata Basin of South America', Theoretcial Currents: Archtiecture, Design and the Nation, Nottingham Trent University, 13 -15 September 2010.
Epolito, G. and Como, Alessandra, 2010. 'MA.CHI.NA. Heterotopian Investigations in Naples Manchester Chicago', EASA 10 Conference, Manchester, 6 August 2010.
Epolito, G., 2009. 'Parallel Expressions: Revealing the Artistic Contributions of Italian Immigrants in South America During the Era of Simon Rodia', Art and Migration: Sabato (Simon) Rodia and the Watts Towers of Los Angeles, International Conference, University of Genova, Italy, April 2-5, 2009.
Epolito, G., 2006. 'Italianità – A Search for Cultural Identity through Art and Architecture in Italy and the Rio De La Plata Basin', American Association of Italian Studies Conference, Genoa, Italy, 23 - 26 May 2006.
Epolito, G., 2006. 'New York City Of Architectures: Lo Skyline Della Città: The Body In Relation To Architecture', The Landmarks of New York New York City of…., Italian Consulate Agent of Genoa, Italy, 13 July 2006.
Epolito, G., 2002. 'Coexistence: The Influence of Italian Immigrant Culture in Latin American Landscapes', ACSA 2002 Southwest Regional Symposium, University of Texas at San Antonio - San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 2002, in ACSA 2002 Southwest Regional.
Epolito, G., 1999. 'Coexistence through the layering of oppositions - a theoretical approach to design', ACSA 1999 Southeast Regional Meeting, Universidad Politechnica de Puerto Rico - San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 1999, in ACSA 1999 Southeast Regional.
Other Outputs
Epolito, G., Schreiber, S., Green, T. and others, 2002. 'Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida', An interdisciplinary, funded research project involving three universities - Florida International, South Florida, and Clemson..
