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Hostile architecture is a troubling urban design strategy that deliberately makes public spaces uncomfortable or inaccessible, primarily to deter and exclude society’s most vulnerable, especially the unhoused. Tactics like sloped benches, metal spikes, and segmented seating are used not for function or beauty, but to discourage rest and loitering. Rather than addressing the root causes of homelessness and poverty, this approach favors erasure, turning shared spaces into instruments of exclusion and social control. 💭 What are your thoughts on #hostile architecture and the ethics of design that prioritizes restriction over refuge? 🎥: @palischka #architectanddesign • #architecture #architect #design #society #building #urbandesign #urbanarchitecture
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If you can make seats like this, you can make homes for them too.
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The prime example how humans treat each other
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Put money to help them ❌ Put money to make them leave ✔️
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Homeless people don't live in the streets bc they like it, wtf is up with this comment section
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It's inhumane
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disgusting comment section
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They are benches, not beds
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Really heartbreaking read some comments, it's not about making public space a bedroom place for the homeless, it's about compassion if those urban places will be useful at day, it would be ok that someone without a house to use it at night for sleep
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How about building homes
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24天前
That's so mean
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26天前
So-called “hostile architecture” isn’t some evil conspiracy but a pragmatic response to how public spaces are actually being used. The goal is to keep these areas functional and inviting for the broadest range of people, not to target or exclude anyone specifically. If we want to address homelessness, we absolutely should. But let’s not pretend that a metal armrest or sloped bench is the root of the problem. It’s not. It’s a design measure to ensure that public infrastructure serves its intended purpose and stays available for everyone who needs it.
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Architecture ❌️ Torture ✅️
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Crazy thing is ppl spend more money on hostile architecture then what it would cost to help these homeless people
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I literally wrote a whole debate about this (spoiler we won)
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So why is there a war against the homeless, can someone write an essay
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