b. Taif, Saudi Arabia; lives and works in Accra, Ghana
Mae-ling Lokko is a biomaterials designer and educator from Ghana and the Philippines who works with agro-waste and renewable biobased materials. Through her work, Lokko explores themes of “generative justice” through the development of new models of distributed production and collaboration. Often her work deconstructs historical narratives and sites of extraction through new material vocabularies and fragmented architectural installations. Lokko is the founder of Willow based in Accra, Ghana focused on the design of biobased materials across architecture, agriculture, and food systems. Lokko holds a Ph.D. and Masters of Science in Architectural Science from the Center of Architecture, Science and Ecology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and B.A from Tufts University. Her work was nominated for the Visible Award 2019, Royal Academy Dorfman Award 2020 and she was a finalist for the Hublot Design Prize 2019. Lokko’s recent projects have been exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands; Museum of the Future, Dubai; Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Belgium; Sonsbeek Biennial, Netherlands; Somerset House. Triennale Milano, Italy, Somerset House, London, Radialsystem, Berlin, Luma Foundation, Arles, 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, Rhode Island School of Design, and at the Royal Institute of British Architects-North.
