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September 17, 2006

Though the increasingly digitalised city pad is small we spend a lot of time on the balcony in the morning and the evening. This was the view of the northern end of the balcony from my office:

City.jpg
Gary Sauer-Thompson, abstraction 1, 1995

Many of the inner city apartments in Adelaide have no liveable outdoor area at all. One lives within the airconditioned glass interior looking out on the city, if you have views. In many of them you cannot even open the window to feel the cool breeze on the skin. I'd go crazy at such a complete insulation from nature.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 11:15 AM | | Comments (2)
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Gary,
This essay addresses the themes you raised in your posting. See wholly controlled environment


John,
the article is spot on---the airconditioned inner city apartment that has no outside area is a completely controlled environment created by technology; one that expresses mastery over nature.

I panic whgen I'm in them---overcome by anxiety. And they are marketed by the real estate industry as being so fashionable and luxurious--the inner city dream.