Mae-ling Lokko, “Plant Scale”

e-flux Architecture presents “Plant Scale,” a lecture by Mae-ling Lokko at e-flux on Tuesday, October 29 at 7pm.

Plant-derived building materials are emerging as a key component of a low-carbon built future, with the promise of reinvigorating local to regional just material economies. From the light and porous to high-density and compressed states of plant-derived building materials “Plant Scale” reflects on the tension between two operative scales at play in the design and reintegration of these bio-based components into twenty-first-century built culture, querying the underlying patterns of human-plant relationships in relation to comfort, ecological health, population growth, biodiversity, and climate change. Motivated by an ambition to substitute conventional high-carbon materials and drive value addition from design, the lecture explores the future implications of scaling plants for building in light of historical patterns in the modern food and energy sectors. 

“Plant Scale” is presented as part of e-flux Architecture Lectures, a monthly series inviting researchers and practitioners to discuss timely issues in contemporary architecture, theory, culture, and technology.

For more information, contact program@e-flux.com.

Accessibility                     

–Two flights of stairs lead up to the building’s front entrance at 172 Classon Avenue.          
–For elevator access, please RSVP to program@e-flux.com. The building has a freight elevator that leads into the e-flux office space. Entrance to the elevator is nearest to 180 Classon Ave (a garage door). We have a ramp for the steps within the space.                   
–e-flux has an ADA-compliant bathroom. There are no steps between the event space and this bathroom.