Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Examples of hostile architecture, also known as hostile design or defensible architecture, are everywhere in cities and public spaces.
I f you didn't know, there's a strategy to discourage people from resting or sleeping in public spaces that's called hostile ...
Modern anti-homeless design is not new — it’s the continuation of a long history of racist, classist architecture that segregates marginalized people.
"Discouraging the homeless, who already are plenty discouraged by life, is everywhere." Those "who advocate for the homeless call these and other such measures 'hostile architecture,' and they're ...
Considering the relationship between architecture and contemporary crises, the international exhibition ends up a cacophonous if often fascinating jumble.
The "humble bench, fast disappearing from public places, once was an emblem of civic comity," says Mark Lasswell. "Discouraging the homeless, who already are plenty discouraged by life, is everywhere.