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Mae-Ling Lokko
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipGhana, Philippines Edit
Name wey dem give amMae, Ling Edit
Family nameLokko Edit
Ein date of birth17 October 1987 Edit
Place dem born amTa'if Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationdesigner, academic Edit
EmployerYale School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Cooper Union Edit
Educate forTufts University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Edit
ResidenceNew York City, Accra Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.maelokko.com Edit

Mae-Ling Lokko (born 17 October 1987) be a Ghanaian-Filipino designer, academic den artist. She be best known for ein research, art den work for fungi, plants, agricultural waste den renewable biobased building materials top for relation to ecological health den social justice.[1] Insyd ein artistic den design practice, she dey focus upon she dey investigate den dey prototype participatory models of production.[2] Lokko be an assistant professor for Yale University's School of Architecture.[3]

Early life den education

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Na dem born Mae-ling Jovenes Lokko insyd Taif, Saudi Arabia, to a Ghanaian surgeon den Filipino nurse. She grow up insyd Oxford, Grenada, Malaysia, Philippines den insyd Ghana wer she attend boarding school.[2][4][5]

Lokko study architecture den African insyd de New World politics for Tufts University, during wich she spend a year wey se dey study for de Bartlett School of Architecture. She plete ein master's den Ph.D. insyd architectural sciences for de Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology] (CASE), wen na ebe an academic-industrial alliance between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute den Skidmore, Owings and Merrill insyd New York City.[6]

Job

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Lokko be best known for ein academic research, artistic practice den architectural teaching around agricultural waste, fungi den plants wey dey advocate give de design den scaling of biobased global material value chains around generative justice goals.[7][8][9] Ein research dey focus for de broad development wey dey match of biobased resources towards high-value material applications. She be de founder of AMBIS Technologies (2015-2018) den Willow Technologies (2017-present), both focus for de upcycling agricultural waste into affordable, low-carbon building materials den give water quality treatment applications.[10] Insyd 2023, na Lokko be de co-author of a major United Nations Environment Programme, Global ABC den Yale Center for Ecosystems insyd Architecture global report “Building Materials and Climate: Constructing a New Future.”[11][12]

Teaching

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Lokko dey serve as an assistant professor for de Yale School of Architecture. Previously she serve as assistant professor den director of de Building Sciences program for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to Yale, Lokko teach for Cooper Union insyd New York City.

She dey live den dey work insyd New York City den Accra, Ghana.

Awards den residencies

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  • Future by Design, British Council (2021)[13]
  • Black Rock Residency (2019)[14]
  • Hublot Design Prize Finalist (2019)[15]
  • El Anatsui Tema Artist Residency (2020)[9]
  • Folly Tree Arboretum Residency (2020)[16]
  • SOM Foundation Research Prize (2019)[17]
  • Atelier Luma Residency, Luma Foundation (2018)[18]
  • Housing the Human Competition Winner (2018)[19]
  • Rotch Foundation Travel Studio Grant (2015)[20]

Exhibitions

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  • The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2024)[7]
  • The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2023)[21]
  • The Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm (2023)[22]
  • Serralves Foundation, Portugal (2022-2023)[23]
  • Z33 House of Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Belgium (2021)[9]
  • Museum of the Future, Dubai (2022-2024)[24]
  • Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands (2022)[25]
  • Triennale Milano, Italy (2020)[26]
  • Somerset House, United Kingdom (2020)[27]

References

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  1. ↑ "Returning the Building to the Soil: an Interview with the Architect and Scientist Mae-Ling Lokko". ArchDaily. June 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mae Ling Lokko: On Coconuts and Earthships". August 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ "New faculty members Anthony Acciavatti and Mae-ling Lokko - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com.
  4. ↑ Lokko, Mae-Ling Jovenes (June 4, 2018). "Life in Architecture: Mae-Ling Jovenes Lokko". Frieze (196) – via www.frieze.com.
  5. ↑ "Agricultural Waste and Transforming the Future of Building Materials | Tufts Now". now.tufts.edu. March 6, 2023.
  6. ↑ "SOM and Rensselaer Form Collaboration | Architect Magazine".
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Times, The New York (August 31, 2023). "A Panorama of Design". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  8. ↑ "Changing Perspectives on Waste". Contemporary And.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Circular design as discussed with Mae-ling Lokko | Salone del Mobile". www.salonemilano.it.
  10. ↑ "Willow Technologies Transforms Agricultural By-Products Into Building Materials in Ghana". ArchDaily. July 28, 2023.
  11. ↑ "UN Report Offers Solutions for Decarbonization of Buildings, Construction Sector". www.globalissues.org. September 14, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future | Globalabc". globalabc.org.
  13. ↑ "Mae-ling Lokko Wins Future by Design Grant From the British Council | News". news.rpi.edu.
  14. ↑ "Mae-ling Lokko – Black Rock Senegal".
  15. ↑ "5TH EDITION HUBLOT DESIGN PRIZE". hublot.com. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  16. ↑ "Mae-Ling Lokko".
  17. ↑ "Soil Sisters: An Intersectoral Material Design Framework for Soil…". SOM Foundation.
  18. ↑ "Mae-Ling Lokko". www.luma.org.
  19. ↑ "We've decided! The jury has selected five innovative concepts to push forward – Housing the Human". housingthehuman.com.
  20. ↑ "Rotch - Studio - 2013 Winner". rotch.org.
  21. ↑ "Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism". press.moma.org. 23 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024.
  22. ↑ "Nobel Prize Museum | New exhibition will dive into the world of fungi". June 28, 2023.
  23. ↑ "The Art of Mushrooms". www.serralves.pt. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  24. ↑ "Gonzalo Herrero Delicado | Tomorrow Today".
  25. ↑ "It's Our F-ing Backyard". www.stedelijk.nl. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  26. ↑ "Triennale Milano / The State of Art of Architecture". February 17, 2020.
  27. ↑ "Mushrooms: The Art, Design and Future of Fungi". May 9, 2019.
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