Mae-Ling Lokko
| Ein sex anaa gender | female  |
|---|---|
| Ein date of birth | 17 October 1987 |
Mae-Ling Lokko (born 17 October 1987) be Ghanaian-Filipino designer, academic den artist. She be best known for her research, art den work on fungi, plants, agricultural waste den renewable biobased building materials in relation to ecological health den social justice.[1] For her artistic den design practice, she focus on investigating den prototyping participatory models of production[2]. Lokko be an assistant professor for Yale University's School of Architecture[3].
Early life den education
[edit | edit source]Den born Mae-ling Jovenes Lokko for Taif, Saudi Arabia insyd, to a Ghanaian surgeon den Filipino nurse. She grow up for Oxford, Grenada, Malaysia, Philippines den for Ghana wey she attended boarding school.
Lokko study architecture den African in de New World politics for Tufts University, wey she spend a year studying for de Bartlett School of Architecture. She plete her master's den Ph.D. in architectural sciences for de Center for de Architecture, Science and Ecology] (CASE), as ebi an academic-industrial alliance between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute den Skidmore, Owings den Merrill for New York City.
Job
[edit | edit source]Lokko be best known for her academic research, artistic practice den architectural teaching around agricultural waste, fungi den plants dat advocate for de design den scaling of biobased global material value chains around generative justice goals.Her research focuses on de broad development den matching of biobased resources towards high-value material applications. She be de founder of AMBIS Technologies (2015-2018) den Willow Technologies (2017-present), both focused on de upcycling agricultural waste into affordable, low-carbon building materials den for water quality treatment applications. In 2023, Lokko was de co-author of a major United Nations Environment Programme, Global ABC and Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture global report “Building Materials den Climate: Constructing a New Future.”
Teaching
[edit | edit source]Lokko serve as an assistant professor for de Yale School of Architecture. Previously she served as assistant professor den director of de Building Sciences program for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to Yale, Lokko mow for Cooper Union for New York City.
Awards and residencies
[edit | edit source]- Future by Design, British Council (2021)
- Black Rock Residency (2019)
- Hublot Design Prize Finalist (2019)
- El Anatsui Tema Artist Residency (2020)
- Folly Tree Arboretum Residency (2020)
- SOM Foundation Research Prize (2019)
- Atelier Luma Residency, Luma Foundation (2018)
- Housing the Human Competition Winner (2018)
- Rotch Foundation Travel Studio Grant (2015)
Exhibitions
[edit | edit source]- The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2024)
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2023)
- The Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm (2023)
- Serralves Foundation, Portugal (2022-2023)
- Z33 House of Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Belgium (2021)
- Museum of the Future, Dubai (2022-2024)
- Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands (2022)
- Triennale Milano, Italy (2020)
- Somerset House, United Kingdom (2020)
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ https://www.archdaily.com/983969/returning-the-building-to-the-soil-an-interview-with-the-architect-and-scientist-mae-ling-lokko
- ↑ https://www.artpapers.org/on-coconuts-and-earthships-interview-with-mae-ling-lokko/
- ↑ https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/495901/new-faculty-members-anthony-acciavatti-and-mae-ling-lokko/