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Hostile Design
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•examples of hostility toward the houseless, disabled, and general public•

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I’m having trouble wrapping my head around this. Conceptually I understand it but visually…

Houston: 3,600 per square mile

Paris: 52,000 per square mile
A map of Houston, Texas vs the outline of Paris. Both areas have the same population.
August 17, 2023 at 3:07 PM
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Montpelier, France
An enclave along a sidewalk with rows of small studs fixed to the ground A small ledge along a window sill with metal triangles running along the surface A bench with two handles fixed to the seat
July 26, 2023 at 1:37 PM
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Dortmund, Germany
Two “benches” made of unpainted steel tubes with no actual seat on one and no back or seat on the other
July 20, 2023 at 12:24 PM
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Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
A skateboarder using their bird to sit atop a strip of metal spikes on a marble wall
July 10, 2023 at 2:29 PM
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Dottie, the new design is terrible. Hope this helps.
Our bus shelters are getting a new look. Keep an eye out as we work to deploy these new amenities in the coming months. Shelters help keep you safe, protect you from the elements and give you a place to sit. #tbt
June 30, 2023 at 10:02 PM
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Plaza de armas, Chile
Two metal bars attached to a wall serving as a “leaning bench”
June 27, 2023 at 1:01 PM
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Oh boy, Boston Globe have I got some news for you about “seats intended as art”
The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe With long Red Line waits, seats intended as art at Downtown Crossing can be a pain in the rear Image of uncomfortable stone seats at train station bostonglobe.com With long Red Line waits, seats intended as art at Downtown Crossing can be a pain in t..
June 26, 2023 at 1:05 PM
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Stalingrad Station, Paris Metro
A blue tiled bench in a metro station with additional panels raised and tilted to make it uncomfortable
June 26, 2023 at 1:02 PM
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My favorite version of the trend in bench advertisements involving people laying down on benches where it isn’t possible to lay down and by favorite I mean most hated
A sidewalk bench with dividers so you can’t lay down with an ad for a church or outreach that says “No one should have to sleep here”
June 26, 2023 at 1:18 AM
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a wheelchair ramp at an entrance to a park that ends at a high curb before dropping off
June 24, 2023 at 1:27 AM
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Bogotá, Colombia
A row of spikes along a brick window sill
June 22, 2023 at 1:09 AM
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"El Viajero" station in Pereira, Colombia
A neon green bench on a sidewalk in front of a yellow bus. The center portion of the bench is lower than the ends.
June 19, 2023 at 12:51 AM
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Paris, France

“It was a normal bench before”
Two bench seats facing opposite directions. Looks as if a full size bench was cut in half.
June 8, 2023 at 10:25 PM
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Madrid Metro System
Two steel tubes of differing heights meant to be benches
June 6, 2023 at 4:17 PM
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Bogor Station, West Java, Indonesia
Low triangular fence around a gardened area Low triangular fencing around a light pole
June 1, 2023 at 12:53 AM
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Tweet that reads: Rich Mintz @richmintz lol imagine designing an enormous public destination so that it's illegal and dangerous to walk to Sign in the tweet: Hotel Guests attending events at MetLife Stadium cannot walk to the stadium and cannot walk back to the hotel from the stadium. It is illegal and dangerous to walk on the roadways surrounding the stadium. Please make the proper transportation arrangements. Thank you.
May 29, 2023 at 5:54 PM
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Entrance to a playground in Massy, France
Green gate entrance to a playground with a narrow, zigzag opening
May 27, 2023 at 7:36 PM
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San Diego, California
A wooden bench made of slats that elevates in the center for no reason making the bench mostly unusable Same bench different angle
May 24, 2023 at 10:28 PM
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Tukwila train station in Tukwila, Washington
A row of black inclined “leaning benches” at a train station in a yellow hallway with large windows
May 23, 2023 at 1:31 AM
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Toulouse, France
Two rows of triangle angled metal along sidewalk and building side
May 22, 2023 at 1:57 PM
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tilted seats designed to be uncomfortable while eating
Lunch table seats leaned forward to cause discomfort in the legs to make you want to leave quicker
May 20, 2023 at 5:49 PM
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A twitter exchange wherein the subway authority admits it removed benches to prevent the homeless from sleeping on them
May 19, 2023 at 10:57 PM
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hostile benches disguised as “wheelchair accessible”, Germany
An illustration of a man using a wheelchair, positioned in a gap between two ends of a single bench
May 19, 2023 at 4:00 PM
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Philly Septa Line
A metal bench attached to a wall in a train station made from metal grating that curves into itself midway like a car has smashed into it
May 19, 2023 at 3:11 PM