A Hostile Architecture Tour Around London — Part 3
<p>This is the most fascinating category and the one where I have received the most pushback: I have seen some design elements being defended as “mobility aid” or “privacy separator” (based on he theory that dividers encourage strangers to use a bench together). It is interesting however that those arguments are not found in product descriptions. Some, like design company Factory Furniture (see next section) openly acknowledge the double purpose of certain design elements. Those element may serve some function, but that does not exclude their purpose as being hostile or defensive at the same time.</p>
<p>In addition, the “mobility aid” argument appears strange considering the large amount of installations in public spaces (often curved or uncomfortably shaped, made from cold materials like concrete or stone) with no armrests or backrests at all, which are nevertheless described as “inclusive” (e.g. see Factory Furniture’s Bromley project).</p>
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