terraform(a) section, originally uploaded by n:dL

By nocturnal design Lab, the Terraform(a) prototype is:

a sustainable single-family suburban prototype developed for the Mid-Western United States. Conceived as a modern hybrid of the rammed earth house and the sod house that once dotted the landscape of the Great Plains, this alternative to the traditional suburban tract home engages the landscape, blurring boundaries between the natural and built environments.

I am a sucker for prototypes and design solutions, but the main problem to Terraform(a) is that the required density for Walkable Urbanity is not present. Therefore, what makes the suburbs the suburbs, remains. All the ills of sprawl, low-density and lack of multiple transit opportunities remain.