Studio Worofila from Senegal is among our showcase of architects, spatial designers and builders shaping West Africa's architectural future
Studio Worofila was first born as a collective in 2017 – five architects and engineers joined forces in Dakar, united by a competition entry and aiming to build a common approach and make projects work that would help define a new architecture for the city, and country. The group evolved over time and by 2019, just two of the original founders remained – Nzinga Mboup and Nicolas Rondet, who established the architecture studio in its current form.
Past and current works include single family villas , to public amenities and infrastructure . There is also the renovation of the courtyard and art gallery for the French Institute in Dakar in the works. is another key element at the heart of the studio’s design approach, intrinsically linked to their take on localisation. ‘We always try to find an interest in every project and find the edge between testing and feasibility,’ Rondet says.
As to what they feel might be missing from today’s architecture? ‘Critical regionalism,’ says Mboup. ‘The ability to develop cities, buildings, spaces, that are really truly contextual and reflect the history, the resource, the cultural heritage, the people, the material, the know-how and the craftsmanship that we have to our disposal in each place. There’s still a big opening to have a local, contextual Senegalese architecture that can allow us to be sustainable and empower the local economy.
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