Time, space and matter can fuse together in great architecture to allow for deep human experiences. In fact, time can literally and perceptually slow down under ...
Built with Blood – Labor Exploitation in US Construction
I am Mette Aamodt. I’m an architect and founder of slowspace.org, which is a community of architects, designers, builders, artisans, activists, and lots of other ...
Killing Time in Japanese Space
Benjamin Franklin would never know how significant his little phrase “Time is money” would come to be in the American psyche. This turn-of-phrase rolls off the ...
Slow Space and the American Folk Art Museum Demolition
In 1999 Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien wrote an article entitled “On Slowness” referring to the slow speed of hand drafting, the slow careful ...
Architecture Has Become Disposable
With every new innovation architecture is creating its own obsolescence. The race for taller, greener, more cutting edge building narrows the window of time each ...
A Very Personal Journey Towards Living Slowly
My life took an unexpected turn when I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2002. I had just completed 4 years at the Harvard ...
Welcome to Slow Space!
I have created this blog to map our journey toward a new direction in architecture. We are not sure exactly where we will end up ...
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