Philosophy Archives - Slow Space
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Philosophy Archives - Slow Space
practicality, high aesthetic ambition, and creative imagination could coexist
Paul Goldberger • Building Art
I wonder if you experience a different set of values that are perhaps slightly more empathetic to a more considered, slower approach in your geographic context—do you feel the same or different pressures? I recently met with an Italian curator, Viviana Checchia (coincidentally also an ICI alumna) who has just finished a PhD thesis on slowness in Me
... See moreChloe Geoghegan • Tools for Slowing Down
Slow Technology: Designing for Reflection
Designing technology that encourages reflection and mental rest, rather than just efficiency, is the focus of this paper. The concept of "slow technology" is introduced and examples are discussed.
LinkPhilosophers and practitioners of architecture have long studied the relationship between physical spaces and ritual, ritual and the creation of culture, culture and the embodiment of thought.
It’s why, as a complete novice to the field, one of the first things you learn is that architecture is an irreducible mode of thinking in its own right . It’s... See more
It’s why, as a complete novice to the field, one of the first things you learn is that architecture is an irreducible mode of thinking in its own right . It’s... See more
Rebecca • Architecting digital spaces
When we learned of the Slow Movement it gave us a name for what we had been doing in both life and design – valuing experience over objects, fewer things done better, the sensual pleasures of life and an appreciation of nature. We call our design philosophy at Aamodt / Plumb “slow space” where we explore the conditions necessary to slow one’s exper... See more