slow water
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Charlestown, Boston
Prof. Tomas Folch
Spring 2023
Climate change is a crisis of time.
Our need to move faster and faster every day has ultimately led us to a future
where time is running out. The physical construction of our cities reinforce
this need for speed; our lives far outpace nature’s course. It only catches up
in times of ‘natural disasters’ that we see with more frequency now. Boston is
already anticipating a future in which water will take back huge swaths of the
city. By 2070, rainfall will likely increase by 25%, overwhelming the current
system.
Slow Water understands that time and increased stormwater are connected. By slowing down our cities, we can reconsider the values that shape urban spaces and how to respond to this change. Rather than drain all water away, Slow Water shows us how to live intimatly with it, understanding its cyclical rhythms, beautiful flux, and opportunities for new ways of urban living.
Slow Water understands that time and increased stormwater are connected. By slowing down our cities, we can reconsider the values that shape urban spaces and how to respond to this change. Rather than drain all water away, Slow Water shows us how to live intimatly with it, understanding its cyclical rhythms, beautiful flux, and opportunities for new ways of urban living.
