22 May, Bioclimatic design in Senegal: lessons from the École d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme de Dakar and the work of Worofila - global dis:connect

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22 May, Bioclimatic design in Senegal: lessons from the École d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme de Dakar and the work of Worofila

Bioclimatic design is a key tool to achieve more sustainable architecture. It can help reduce CO₂ emissions in construction, preserve local cultural techniques, and improve how buildings are adapted to their users. These issues are particularly important in Africa — the continent with the world’s highest urbanisation rates and a rapidly expanding construction sector.

Nzinga Mboup, co-owner of the architecture firm Worofila and curator at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, will discuss the past and present of bioclimatic design in Senegal. She starts appropriately with Dakar’s first school of architecture, which operated from 1973 to 1991. This school, which was intended to increase the autonomy of architectural education in West Africa, advanced pioneering technical and pedagogical approaches in the study of bioclimatic design and served as a global model. In her lecture, Mboup examines the experiences of this school in relation to today’s challenges in construction and her own architectural practice.

Nzinga Biegueng Mboup studied architecture in Pretoria and London. In 2019, she founded her own architecture firm in Dakar together with Nicolas Rondet. She has worked for Adjaye Associates and collaborated with Kéré Architecture. In addition, she has led several research projects on Dakar’s urban history.

Date: 22 May, 2025, 6pm

Venue: Pavillon 333, Türkenstraße 15, 80333 Munich.

Organisers: Nikolai Brandes (LMU), Andres Lepik (TUM)

Please register here by 13 May.