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hostile architecture

public spaces designed to discourage unintended uses
Class type of: street furniture, securitarianism, situational crime prevention Q3317666

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1 property
Subclass of
street furniture, securitarianism, situational crime prevention, discrimination against the homeless[1][2][3][4]
🏷️ Also known as
en unpleasant design en defensive architecture en defensive urban design en hostile architecture en hostile design en anti-homeless street furniture ar عمارة عدائية da fjendtlig arkitektur de Anti-Obdachlosen-Architektur de defensive Architektur es arquitectura hostil es diseño hostil fa معماری خصمانه fi vihamielinen arkkitehtuuri fr mobilier urbain anti-SDF he אדריכלות נגד מחוסרי בית he אדריכלות עוינת it architettura difensiva it architettura ostile it arredo urbano ostile
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Booker T. Washington Playground td (2019-07-21) 47 - Basketball Courts.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
16826941n
Freebase ID
/m/012w6618
Subreddit
HostileArchitecture

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🔗 Connections
Subclass of 2
street furniture, discrimination against the homeless
← Uses 2
long-term nuclear waste warning messages, Camden bench
Subtypes 1
urine deflector
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