The house that Tateh built ... out of sand-filled plastic bottles
by Pablo Mediavilla Costa in Tindouf, Algeria from on (#2VAQA)
In the Sahrawi refugee camps in the Algerian desert, Tateh Lehbib Braica - aka 'the crazy bottle guy' - has built circular houses from waste plastic that protect from wind and sun
A group of women drink tea under the shade of a tent and cast an eye over the construction of an odd, circular house. The half-built dwelling is the brainchild of Tateh Lehbib Braica, 27, an engineer who wanders among the workers.
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