Why are city so benches so uncomfortable?
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 3, 2017
Cities are meant for people on the move, not for people to lounge in. So city benches tend to be very uncomfortable––intentionally so, as a matter of fact, so that people don’t get too cozy. Benches have arm rests to prevent people from laying down, for example. That’s called defensive design. Defensive design applies to all sorts of things, for example, those metal rivets on planters to prevent skateboarders from sliding across them. But defensive design is also called hostile design. Why? Because it’s hostile to particular populations, especially the homeless and the disabled.
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