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Magnus Larsson: Transformando dunas en arquitectura

Filmed Jul 2009 • Posted Nov 2009TEDGlobal 2009
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El estudiante de arquitectura Magnus Larsson detalla su atrevido plan para transformar el áspero desierto de Sahara usando bacterias y un sorprendente material de construcción: la arena misma.

Magnus Larsson hopes to build new structures in the desert -- by using bacteria to turn shifting sand into a solid mass. Full bio »

Translated into Spanish by Sebastian Navarro
Reviewed by Emilia Larrachea
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