How many of these hostile architecture strategies have you seen around your city? 🧐 engineering
at train stations or bus stops, and been baffled by how uncomfortable they are to sit on. The sad truth is that they're specifically designed this way to make them impossible to sleep on.
You'll likely notice this feature under awnings or other shelters, where people would most typically try to take refuge.Windows and walls have been spiked in cities for some time now, usually to deter birds from roosting on them. However, many windowsills at ground level are being spiked now too, this time to deter people from sitting or sheltering under the awnings of windows.
By directing traffic towards sheltered areas with the aid of dividers, the homeless are left without a clear patch of ground to sleep on.This might look like an abstract sculpture, but in reality, it's been constructed to stop people from sleeping on the grate. Often during colder weather, homeless people will seek out vents and grates to sleep on because of the warmth they release.
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