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Magnus Larsson: 化沙丘为建筑

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建筑系学生Magnus Larsson提出了用细菌和一种令人惊奇的建筑材料——沙子本身——来改造严酷的撒哈拉沙漠的计划。在此,他对这一大胆的计划进行了详细的描述。

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 Chinese, Simplified by 碎碎 雨
Reviewed by Chaoran Yu
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