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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:

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.
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Gary,
This essay addresses the themes you raised in your posting. See wholly controlled environment