Less concrete, more raw earth: the collective of architects from Senegal that bets on sustainable construction to save energy and go back to basics

“Many call us ‘innovators’. But that’s not the case. Ours is a return to our origins”. Nzinga Mboup is the co-founder of the collective of architects Worofila, which has embraced the dream of bioclimatic urban design and designs buildings in Africa only in raw earth and local materials.

Traditional Senegalese dwellings were once made of mud.