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In Senegal, the last of Dakar's 'bubble homes' at risk
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In Senegal, the last of Dakar’s ‘bubble homes’ at risk
Marieme Ndiaye emerged from her igloo-shaped home in Senegal's capital, its 1950s space-age aesthetic in sharp contrast with the boxy, multi-storey apartments being built nearby. The little concrete house is a head-turner, seemingly better suited for a sci-fi movie than the average Dakar residential block where it is located. In the 1950s, around 1,200 of
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In Senegal, the last of Dakar's 'bubble homes' at risk
Marieme Ndiaye emerged from her igloo-shaped home in Senegal's capital, its 1950s space-age aesthetic in sharp contrast with the boxy, multi-storey apartments being built nearby.
Dakar - Marieme Ndiaye emerges from her house in Dakar, a building in the form of a retrofuturist aesthetic of the 1950s. In this central district of the Senegalese capital, the singularity of the building contrasts with the rectangular buildings that are under construction. The small "bubble house" - or "house-balloon" - in concrete captures the eyes and seems to come out of a science fiction film. In the 1950s, some 1,200 of these small houses…
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