Biographical note

Nzinga Biegueng Mboup is a Senegalese architect and co-founder of Worofila, a Dakar-based practice that specializes in bioclimatic architecture and construction using earth and other local natural materials. Some of her most notable projects include the Ngor Vertical house and the upcoming Rainforest Gallery of the MOWAA Campus in Nigeria. She is also active as a researcher and has made significant contributions to urban and cultural heritages studies in Dakar. Since 2023, Mboup has been collaborating with the Canadian Centre for Architecture as the leader of CCA c/o Dakar, a 3-year research program investigating Senegal’s unarchived architectural heritage. She has been appointed to teach an Advanced Architecture Design Studio over the 2025 summer at Columbia University focusing on “Assessing Endogenous Building Practices”.

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