Yesterday I was working on a post before I lost access to the Internet. It was linked to this post about livable urban places. The post was along the lines of our past 20th century pattern of suburban development being no longer sustainable.

I was going to argue that building another freeway to reach new suburban housing tracts along the coastline for cities like Adelaide, Brisbane or Sydney is not the answer. And we have not yet adopted a new, smarter way of growing our cities apart from gestures towards increasing density of the inner city. The car remains unquestioned. Pandering to car usage means more roads, more parking spaces, more fumes more noise and so more unliveable cities.

As part of the research I came across some more funky architecture. Then everything froze up and I lost Internet access for 18 hours.

I have forgotten the links I explored to get to the funkyu architecture here. I remember starting from Digital Media Tree found a section of an architectural magazine and then a black hole. What I saw was this image with an interview in a magazine somewhere in cyberspace:

M.Jantsen, M-environment house

It's modular, can be assembled and disassembled in different ways to accommodate a wide range of changing needs and is designed to be self sufficient, as it can be powered by alternative energy sources such as the sun and the wind.

It is far more innovative than the portables being dumped on blocks along the coastline of the Fleurieu Peninsula in and around Victor Harbor.

Or it could configured to become a high-tech retreat in the desert:

M.Jantzen, Retreat

It is a more innovative design than the shack I holidayed in Andamooka. a year or so ago.

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