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Rubbish shelter

When materials are scarce, why not make a shelter out of any old rubbish? Theo Creber of Architects Sans Frontiers explains:

'We want to see a more gentle and responsive way of making shelters. Rubbish is everywhere, so rather than import expensive materials, we'd rather reuse what people have and help the environment at the same time. Our summer school brings aid workers, architects and engineering students together to come up with new ideas, which we hope will feed back to where it matters.'



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Theo Creber of Architects Sans Frontiers. Touch forward to see houses made from recycled materials.
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Theo Creber of Architects Sans Frontiers. Touch forward to see houses made from recycled materials.
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