With the growing trend towards hostile architecture now openly admitting its political incentives, are we in an age of transparent hostility? [...]
Whereas other instances of hostile architecture are marked by their deliberate obscurity, the Camden Bench was developed, constructed and deployed in plain sight, making it an all too visible reminder of persistent negligence, raising the question: will hostile architecture become an accepted feature of the built environment?
— failedarchitecture.com
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Let's face it. If you find yourself thinking about using that bench, you are in a world of pain. If you find a flat-surfaced, comfortable bench in the urban world, you will find residues of lunches, beverages, and quite often a person sleeping on it.
You do not want to be spending any time sitting so close to an active roadway unless you are desperate to rest your weary bones. The urban street is a noisy, dirty, smelly, and potentially dangerous place. Getting the right benches is not going to solve the fundamental problems.
At least this one serves the purpose of maybe assuring a place to sit when you need one.
Why is the humble bench being unloaded on for our homeless epidemic. Let's pick on the electric chair design too while we're at it. Straw man? Maybe, maybe not.
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