I feel like we're talking past each other. I'm wondering how the weird human-shaped things added on top of the vents constitute hostile architecture - how are they meant to to discourage people from sleeping there? This is me trying to learn, I'm very aware that sleeping on vents isn't exactly comfortable but how do these things make it less so?

[+] davel@lemmy.ml -15 points 8 months ago (9 children)

how do these things make it less [comfortable]?

You already answered your own question:

weird human-shaped things added on top of the vents

It’s hard to believe you’re not trolling.

https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/unpleasant-design-hostile-architecture/

I also came across some inventive designs that I haven’t seen elsewhere, such as metal silhouettes soldered on top of warm ventilation exhausts at a CTrain station (below), a place where you could consider camping for the night.

Metal silhouettes prevent homeless people from sleeping over these CTrain grates in Calgary.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 20 points 8 months ago (7 children)

It’s hard to believe you’re not trolling.

I swear I'm not. It's entirely possible that I'm being slow, but I'm really just trying to understand so I can identify these things better in the future. Because I seriously don't get it, there's still plenty of room to lie down between them?

[–] shiftymccool@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

Part of the hostile architecture is the hostility you receive by asking about how it is hostile.

I immediately wondered the same thing so, it's not you. The angry replies are because some people are just always looking for something/someone to be mad at.

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