BUILDING SLOW
We often hear “time is money” and fear “wasting time.”
Society teaches us to race against it, but what if we worked with time instead—allowing it to shape and evolve with us?
Architecture often prioritizes speed over longevity, forgetting that buildings grow and change alongside us and the planet. Working with Global Generation, I’ve seen how time can be embraced—used to grow, teach, and create in a fast-paced city like London. Great architecture isn’t built in a year but over decades. Buildings aren’t just meant to outlive us; they’re meant to live with us.
Maybe it’s time we stop fighting time and start learning from it—and learn from communities that have been building slowly for generations
Iyanu Ogunbowale
Notes from the Garden
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Young people’s creativity is often stifled by modern pressures, but engaging with nature can help revive it. Jemma, Global Generation’s Head of Funding writes about a collaboration between Global Generation and Heatherwick Studio for In the Making programme, giving young people space to reconnect with creativity, explore new possibilities, and feel empowered. The initiative has inspired over 1,000 participants, helping them see creative careers as accessible and encouraging imagination.