WUDA*  WURFBAUM DANTAS ARCHITECTS

Munich- Lisbon


Office base:

Streitfeldstrasse 33
81673 Munich

Germany

T +49 89 95 474 525

E  info@wuda.eu


For applications: jobs@wuda.eu

WUDA* (Munich-Lisbon) is an award-winning architectural practice founded by Florian Wurfbaum and Inês Dantas. The acronym WUDA also stands for Workshop for Urbanism, Design and Architecture. Our work is focused on architecture, spatial design, environmental design, adaptive reuse, climate adaptation, urban planning and heritage preservation, covering projects, consulting activities and research within interdisciplinary strategies and collaborations. Our project decisions are guided by values of sustainability, integration, aesthetic and spatial quality. WUDA* benefits from the diverse cultural approaches to architecture from the founding partners and collaborators in an open creative process.

WUDA*'s projects have been published in books, magazines and newspapers and exhibited internationally in galleries, museums and festivals.



Our professional network includes engineers, landscape architects, designers, climate scientists, artists, sociologists, geographers, economists, surveyors, among others. In each project, we collaborate with a tailored team of specialists to meet the requirements of the design and construction process.

Every project develops in a close dialogue with the client, looking for outstanding solutions to specific situations.
At the current time, we have on-going projects in Germany, Portugal and United Kingdom.

Architectural design develops in cycles of desire, innovation, sustainability and participation. Architecture is more than a fixed object in space as it involves all the processes that are embedded in a site at different scales. An architectural and urban intervention is a interface with other disciplines, a catalyst for change and an instrument of communication adapting to a site in a systemic way, taking into account contemporary climate challenges. By addressing these elements in the broader context, we ensure that interventions are sustainable, adaptable and resilient in a site-specific approach.

In our projects we explore the ability of architecture and design to build narratives into space with aesthetic sensibility and functionality.

Our projects, from small to large scale, delve a spatial culture that integrates social, cultural, urban and technological arguments, with inherent changes of paradigm. We translate these in spatial, tectonic and territorial sustainable strategies and designs. We believe that architectural thinking, cultural and environmental awareness are crucial for designing the buildings and cities of the future.


* The *star in WUDA* means there is always something else to acknowledge. Practising architecture, design and urbanism is a collective act that varies in each project. Therefore, the *star is a generic character acknowledging specific collaborations and processes.

Above: WUDA* Partners, Inês Dantas, Florian Wurfbaum  Photograph: Pete Neusser

Below: WUDA* Team. working process glimpses

WUDA* (Munich-Lisbon) is an award-winning architectural practice founded by Florian Wurfbaum and Inês Dantas. The acronym WUDA also stands for Workshop for Urbanism, Design and Architecture. Our work is focused on architecture, spatial design, environmental design, adaptive reuse, climate adaptation, urban planning and heritage preservation, covering projects, consulting activities and research within interdisciplinary strategies and collaborations. Our project decisions are guided by values of sustainability, integration, aesthetic and spatial quality. WUDA* benefits from the diverse cultural approaches to architecture from the founding partners and collaborators in an open creative process.
WUDA*'s projects have been published in books, magazines and newspapers and exhibited internationally in galleries, museums and festivals.


Our professional network includes engineers, landscape architects, designers, climate scientists, artists, sociologists, geographers, economists, surveyors, among others. In each project, we collaborate with a tailored team of specialists to meet the requirements of the design and construction process.
Every project develops in a close dialogue with the client, looking for outstanding solutions to specific situations.
 At the current time, we have on-going projects in Germany, Portugal and United Kingdom.

Architectural design develops in cycles of desire, innovation, sustainability and participation. Architecture is more than a fixed object in space as it involves all the processes that are embedded in a site at different scales. An architectural and urban intervention is a interface with other disciplines, a catalyst for change and an instrument of communication adapting to a site in a systemic way, taking into account contemporary climate challenges. By addressing these elements in the broader context, we ensure that interventions are sustainable, adaptable and resilient in a site-specific approach.

In our projects we explore the ability of architecture and design to build narratives into space with aesthetic sensibility and functionality. Our projects, from small to large scale, delve a spatial culture that integrates social, cultural, urban and technological arguments, with inherent changes of paradigm. We translate these in spatial, tectonic and territorial sustainable strategies and designs. We believe that architectural thinking, cultural and environmental awareness are crucial for designing the buildings and cities of the future.

* The *star in WUDA* means there is always something else to acknowledge. Practising architecture, design and urbanism is a collective act that varies in each project. Therefore, the *star is a generic character acknowledging specific collaborations and processes.

Alongside their practice, WUDA's founding partners maintain an active relationship with academia through teaching, participating in juries, delivering lectures, and conducting research. We share our design knowledge and processes at various institutions, teaching and collaborating with the next generation of architects and designers in shaping the built environment.

Academic Collaborations
Technical University of Munich,
Department of Architecture, Chair of Architectural Design and Participation

Technical University of Munich,
Department of Architecture, Chair of Building Construction and Material Science

University of Innsbruck - Institute for Experimental Architecture

Brighton University, School of Architecture and Design

Architectural Association London -  Visiting School Singapore

Politecnico di Milano, Utopia Reloaded

Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London

Royal College of Art, London

University of Westminster
Lectures (Selection)
- 'Experimental Green City: designing with trees, stories and 3D-scanning', New Visions for the Multi-Species City, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

- 'Architectural Engagements with Urban Trees', Symposium ArchitetureNature, Munich, Germany

- 'Cool Islands', TUM, Munich, Germany

- 'Green City - Poetic and Intelligent', Cascais, Portugal

- 'Emospheric Landscapes', FARO Annual Conference, Böblingen, Germany

- 'Entangled Eidicity', Academy of Art University, San Francisco, USA

- 'The Next Monument', ReCall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

- 'Geo-Architecture', Nexus London, Bartlett School of Architecture, London, UK

- 'Sustainable Emospheres', Politecnico di Milano, Italy

- 'Housing Puzzle', Stuttgart University, IWE, Institut für Wohnen und Entwerfen, Germany

- 'The Surface of the City', Urban Design Programme, Bartlett School of Architecture, London, UK

- 'Despertar o Imaginário', Ordem dos Arquitectos Portugueses, Lisbon, Portugal

- 'Light and Site', Lichtakademie Bartenbach, Innsbruck, Austria  

- 'Salas do Tejo', Trienal de Arquitectura, Lisbon, Portugal

- 'Bring architectural thinking back to the city', Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai, India

- 'Manifesto Urbano', Seminario di Cultura Urbana, Camerino, Italy