Anti-homeless spikes are part of a wider phenomenon of 'hostile architecture'

New urban design aims to influence behaviour and has been criticised as an attempt to exclude poor people 


  
"So it's OK, for example, to sit around as long as you are in a cafe or in a designated place where certain restful activities such as drinking a frappucino should take place but not activities like busking, protesting or skateboarding. It's what some call the 'mallification' of public space, where everything becomes like a shopping mall."

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Anti-homeless spikes are part of a wider phenomenon of 'hostile architecture' | Art and design | The Guardian