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A home made of recycled materials

Elemér Zalotay has built his home almost entirely from second-hand material. While other buildings undergo costly renovations or are demolished after just a few decades use, this Hungarian architect found his own way to deal with the effects of time. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

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A documentary and animation filmmaker from Bern, Michele studied film at Zurich University of the Arts. He's been a swissinfo.ch video journalist since 2004 and has a special interest in developing new video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles.

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