Hostile architecture

Anti-homeless policy has been a staple in cities all over the world for decades, whether those policies be forthright, like loitering laws and sit-lie ordinances, or peppered into a city’s infrastructure and public spaces.

Wolfgang Tillmans anti-homeless device 2000 color chromogenic print

Shocking photograph of metal spikes on a tree was taken in Bristol England. To prevent birds from perching on the branches and defecating on the VIP 5 STAR Cars below http://cnn.it/2BuBqml

How many of these hostile architecture strategies have you seen around your city? Once you've been made aware of them, you'll never stop seeing them.

Sarah Ross has created Archisuits that are a hilarious look at soft bodies in hard spaces - all the ways the built environment is a mismatch for human needs.

The spikes installed outside Selfridges in Manchester are the latest front in the spread of ‘defensive architecture’. Is such open hostility towards the destitute making all our lives uglier?

In a world where architecture can be weaponized against the most vulnerable, Gary Fawcett, Executive Creative Director at TBWAMCR, and his team decided it was time to take a stand. What began as a passion project turned into a powerful campaign......