Firm Description

LOCØ is a group of emerging [next-generational] architects, designers, thinkers, and change-makers operating within the spatial frontiers of our evolving cities, based in London and Copenhagen (LOCO). LOCØ builds upon the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development with a very holistic development process in mind. Led by Founder and Creative Director, Marco Antonio Maycotte (LON) and joined by partners Alexander Coulson (CPH) and Wei Lesley Yang (LON).

Our mindset is informed by sustainable and innovative design practices that fall within the specific demands of the site, context, overall program, and future. LOCØ was awarded the global design benchmark award “Danish Design Award 2020” under Visionary Concepts for BitPark, a multi-functional public space on the water that serves as an urban aquafarm for the city. The project has gathered significant interest and was exhibited at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen.

For a time, coffee, lightbulbs, airplanes, and ski slopes on top of waste-to-energy power plants seemed like crazy ideas, but thanks to their ‘crazy’ creators, a world entirely without them seems odd. With those who push the boundaries of what is ‘normal’ into something deemed ‘crazy’ we find a liminal space where innovation thrives and progress is made. It is because of this that our own ideas of recasting the world can be seen as a bit ‘crazy’, or ‘Loco’, in our case. We don’t lie on either extreme of the literal meaning of the word, but try to balance ourselves in the middle by making both passionate and enthusiastic ideas with rational and sensible, tangible (but yet creative) solutions.