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Anti-homeless hostile architecture

[Trigger warning: includes an explicit image of homeless person who froze to death.]
Some cities go to great lenghts to prevent homeless people from sleeping in places officials deem inappropriate. One way is architecture. A thread of examples, some of which you might have encountered without even realising what their design is all about. See it now. Counter example: How Helsinki got homeless people off the streets.


From Weekly Filet #283, in January 2020.

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