35 Heartbreaking And Annoying Examples Of "Hostile Designs" Against Humanity
What do you notice about the architecture in your favorite city when you stroll around? What do you think about some of the well-known landmarks?
What are your thoughts about the lovely vegetation amidst the enormous skyscrapers? Or perhaps the engaging and welcoming public areas?
These components undoubtedly catch our attention, but there are other factors as well. Here we can see these elements of the urban environment, like bars on benches and spikes on window sills, which are also there to regulate how the spaces are used.
We seldom ever pay attention to the myriad factors that affect how we feel in our environment. However, the eye-opening Twitter account named "Hostile Design" reveals that such aggressive actions are regrettably more widespread than you may imagine.
The creator of the page compiles images that portray the harsh reality of how public spaces target the homeless while doing little to no help for the general public. The idea of hostile design, sometimes known as defensive design, has been the subject of a complicated and contentious debate for a while now, as users of these public spaces and activists have begun to record the instances they have encountered.
Take a look at the gallery of images we assembled from the account if you're not clear on what we mean. Nevertheless, I should warn you that once you learn about it, you will start to notice it everywhere.
1. Lack of compassion isn't the answer
hostiledesign2. Uncomfortable people will not linger and talk with their friends
hostiledesign3. The irony
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hostiledesign5. Why they took away the benches...
hostiledesign6. Nobody can even sit here. Ugly overkill
hostiledesign7. Why build it if you want no one to sit on it
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8. Installation of large rocks
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9. Is this a challenge?
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10. Isn't this supposed to be a rail?
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11. Does this reminds you of a jar opener or what?
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12. This makes it impossible to just plain walk
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13. These designs are also really awful for the elderly and disabled
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14. You pay, you get a pass
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15. Then why make the bench that way?
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16. That is just too hostile
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17. Guess they're trying to stop something
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18. Does this really look better than barbed wire?
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19. Why would anyone do this?
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20. Come see this leaning bus stop bench
Tonyatwork
21. There's still lots of room
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22. Looks like she could give Bruce Banner a run for his money
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23. Hideous indeed
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24. This is just hideous
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25. A cat would sleep on it
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26. Spikes are tough to see in this one... zoom on in
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27. Which is more hostile here, the clown or the multi-national corporation?
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28. Check out these huge bricks
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29. I guess sitting on a semi-temporary barrier along a roadside is not very safe
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30. These are clearly to help get up from a particularly low bench
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31. It looks too narrow to lay down any how
emsbrd
32. You sit in the bottom of a curve and it deters a stranger from sitting right next to you
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35. Hmm
Axolotl_pragmat
These design elements are intended to harm, restrict, or exclude people from exercising their freedom. Whether they target homeless people, skateboarders, or loitering teenagers, they all have the same purpose: to exclude a particular segment of the community from a public area.
What are your thoughts about these hostile designs? Drop your thoughts below and share this post as well.
