Location: Ostend, Belgium Date: 2016 Status: Competition. 1st phase Budget: - Area: - TEAM: TOMEU DURAN, CARLES F. BAEZA, JORGE GIMÉNEZ, KENNETH VON FREYHOLD, HELENA GUINJOAN

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