Nzinga Biegueng Mboup
Worofila is a Dakar-based architectural studio founded in 2019 and led by Nzinga B. Mboup and Nicolas Rondet. The studio specialises in bioclimatic architecture rooted in the use of local, natural, and low-tech materials, aiming to develop durable buildings attuned to climate and place. They work with earth, typha, and other locally sourced materials whose use is especially relevant in the context of the current climate crisis. Through these materials, Worofila reconnects with ancestral construction methods, reinterpreting this knowledge within contemporary architectural projects.
Worofila’s research-based approach to materiality is developed in close collaboration with local craftspeople, ensuring that their buildings are embedded in their socio-economic and cultural contexts. Their projects range from residential to institutional and include the Vertical House in Ngor, the TER stations, the French Institute’s garden and gallery, the Labo x Fou training centre for sustainable construction, and the Goethe-Institut building in Dakar designed by Kéré Architecture.
Worofila’s work has been featured in international exhibitions such as the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London (2021), the Biennale d’Architecture et de Paysage d’Île-de-France (2022, 2025), and the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennale. In summer 2025, Nzinga and Nicolas taught an Advanced Architecture Design Studio at Columbia University titled Assessing Endogenous Building Practices, focused on local materials and production systems in New York State.
