Hostile architecture. You might not be familiar with the term, but you’ve probably seen it in action. Those spikes on the window ledges, designed to keep the birds away. Or, in a more sinister fashion, things like strategically-placed armrests or rocky floors, cynically installed to ensure that vulnerable people in need of shelter are forced to look elsewhere.

Not only are homeless folks discriminated against directly and culturally, but also structurally too. These exclusionary designs, denying people even the right to find a place to rest, are a stark illustration of our society’s collective disregard for basic humanity. Surely we can do better than this?

This heartbreaking list, compiled by Bored Panda, shows some of the most offensive examples of ‘anti-homeless’ designs, and it will make you ever so grateful for that roof over your head. Because it seems that if misfortune strikes and you should one day happen to lose it, you are most certainly not welcome to try and find a place to sleep on the streets.
Scroll down to see what we mean for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments.

#1 Anyone Else Find This Ironic?

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#2 Bench In Volgodonsk, Russia

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#3 Someone Installs These Poles To Prevent The Homeless From Sleeping Here, They Find A Solution Anyways

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#4 You’ve Got To Be The Worst Kind Of Heartless Twat If You Can Go Around Slashing Homeless People’s Tents

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#5 Oh Yeah, Let’s Create More Hostile Architecture

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#6 Modern Problems Require Modern…oh Wait

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#7 I Like To Think That We Are Better Than This. Architecture That Discriminates Against An Already Marginalized Population Is The Laziest Way To Address The Issue Of Homelessness. If We, As A Public Health Provider, Resort To Doing This, What Kind Of Example Are We Setting?

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#8 This Man Removed ‘Anti-Homeless’ Devices From Benches And Ended In Court

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#9 There Are A Few Different Varieties But They All Serve The Same Purpose

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#10 When You’re Inclusive But Still Hate The Poor

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#11 Cut In The Shape Of An Obelisk, They Are Installed On A Private Site In Paris. Imagine A Homeless Man Who Would Lose Balance In The Middle Of This Work Of ‘Art’? Or A Child?

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#12 Anti-Homeless Studs!!

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#13 Man Sleeping On A Anti-Homeless Bench

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#14 An Eyecatching Response To Mumbai’s Homelessness Crisis

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#15 When You Wanna Look Inclusive But Hate Homeless People

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#16 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#17 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#18 How To Avoid Homeless People To Sleep In Public Places

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#19 Return To Hostile Architecture?

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#20 Spotted This Abomination In La

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#21 There Are Separated Benches In My City

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#22 Anti Homeless Spikes

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#23 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#24 Armrests For Comfort. Totally Not To Stop Homeless People Lying Down…

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#25 Montreal Has Probably The Least Subtle Implementation Of Hostile Architecture I Have Ever Seen

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#26 No Hanging Out In The Corner

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#27 Another Portland “Bench” (Cesar Chávez Blvd). Kills My Eyes (And Back) Just Looking At That Seating Angle

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#28 The Worst Example Of Anti-Homeless Architecture I’ve Ever Seen

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#29 What Even Is This?

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#30 More Anti Homeless Spikes….so Much For Community Spirit

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#31 Installed Around Paris, Unsure Of Exact Purpose

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#32 Aritistic Anti-Homeless Bench

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#33 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#34 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#35 Metro Stop Bench Is Tilted So Attempting To Lay Down Ends Up With You Sliding Off

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#36 Hostile Architecture By Madison Square Park: Benches Built At An Incline, Rendering Sleep For Houseless People Impossible

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#37 Newly Built “Benches” Spotted In Riverdale Park East

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#38 Flat Ventilation Grate Level With Ground; Homeless Slept On It For Warmth. A Few Months Ago The Grate Was Reno’d With A Slope

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#39 Tonight, We Noticed A Theatre Had These Removable Anti-Homeless Spikes In Their Doorway

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#40 In Paris Large Stones Placed Under Bridge To Stop Refugees From Sheltering Or Sleeping Near The Official Camp

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#41 London Shops Put “Anti Homeless Spikes” To Stop The Homeless From Sitting In Their Buildings

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#42 Don’t Sit Here – Anti-Homeless Bench In Mall

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#43 Mumbai’s Hdfc (Fort Branch) Installs Anti-Homeless Spikes To Tackle The Homelessness Crisis

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#44 This New York City Bench

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#45 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#46 According To Last Figures, Madrid Counts Over 2700 Homeless Persons Which Encounter A Bombastic City Replete With Hostile Architecture At Bus Stops, Private Shops And Public Buildings And Parks

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#47 Not Exactly An Environmentalist Post Today, But What Do You All Think Of Anti Homeless Infrastructure? I Feel Like It Isn’t Talked About A Lot. These Spikes Were Installed With The Malicious Intent To Prevent A Homeless Person From Sleeping On The Side Of The Street

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#48 This One Is In China

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#49 This Thing In One Of The Most Important Avenues In The Gba (Great Buenos Aires). Btw The Pole Was There *before* The Bench.

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#50 I’ve Never Seen So Many Spikes – NYC

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#51 Bench In Clearwater Beach, Florida

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#52 Confused Lumbar Support For One Bar Support

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#53 At Least It Looks Cool

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#54 Fanciest Hostile Architecture I’ve Seen In Person

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#55 Tiny Benches In Utah

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#56 These Lovely Seats In A Paris Metro Station.

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#57 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#58 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#59 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#60 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#61 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#62 When Awnings Have No Rain Gutters And Allow A Gap Between Themselves & Buildings So No One Can Sleep There…

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#63 Earlier Today, Jason, The Man Who Sleeps In Front Of The Tim Hortons At Victoria And Dundas Streets Said Police Asked Him To Move Across The Street So These Planters Could Be Installed. The Other Side Of The Street Is Not Sheltered From Rain Or Wind

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#64 No Sleeping Under The Highway

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#65 Another Form Of Anti-Homeless Bench

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#66 Anti-Homeless Bench

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#67 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#68 Homelessness

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#69 Anti Homeless Design

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#70 New Design In Paris Antihomeless

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#71 The Worst Bench I’ve Seen So Far

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#72 A Serious Commitment To Anti Loitering

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#73 Hostile Architecture Learning Moderation? Bench Outside Seattle Hospital.

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#74 A Leaning Bench – You Can Sit, But Not Very Well! Don’t Even Think About Laying Down.

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#75 The Hague, The Netherlands!

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#76 NYC Subway – Leaning “Bench”

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#77 Oh You Wanted To Sleep Here? That’s Too Bad!

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#78 Anti Homeless Spikes

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#79 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#80 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#81 To Someone Homeless & Sleeping Rough, This Hostile Architecture Makes Sure They Aren’t Sleeping Here

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#82 Awkward Stone Benches Outside Of In An Area Of Downtown A Lot Of Homeless People Come To. The Thing Is, My City Has An Amazing Homeless Aid Charity, And They Spend Money On This That They Could Send To Them? This Shit Can’t Be Accidental

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#83 I Feel Like This Is Textbook Hostile Architecture. Any Subway Bench In Chicago

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#84 Can’t Have People Laying Down On The Stone, Would Be Too Comfortable

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#85 Can’t Tell If It’s Intentional Haha

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#86 Bench Of Sorts On A Metro Station

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#87 Hostile Architecture In Action In Midtown Manhattan

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#88 I’m Not All To Sure Why They Are Concerned With Who Sleeps Here If They’re Not Even Bothering To Maintain Their Bus Stop

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#89 “Anti-Homeless Spikes” To Prevent The Underprivileged From Having A Place To Sit/Sleep

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#90 Anti Homeless Bench That’s Probably More Expensive Than Another Bench

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#91 Alternative Anti-Homeless Objects

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#92 The Internet Changed The Outernet. Removing The Anti-Homeless Spikes

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#93 Anti-Honeless Architecture

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#94 Anti-Homeless Solution In Dijon, France

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#95 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#96 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#97 Anti-Homeless Spikes Spotted In China Town In Westminster London

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#98 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#99 Anti-Homeless Landscape Design – Hong Kong Style (A Subject That Architects And Designers Don’t Want To Talk About) #antihomelessarchitecture

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#100 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#101 This Is A Seat At A Bus Stop. It Seems To Fit The Bill For Hostile Architecture, But It Also Seems A Bit Courteous

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#102 Hostile Architecture In Morgantown, Wv

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#103 Small Leans And Stools

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#104 The Middle Cross Bar Is Not An Armrest

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#105 Spikes

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#106 Steel And Stones

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#107 Antihomeless

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#108 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#109 Benches At Oakland Airport

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#110 Antihomeless

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#111 Antihomeless

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#112 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#113 Perch. Square Aristide-Cavaillé-Coll. Paris

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#114 Another Bench With A Lock. Rostov-On-Don, Russia

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#115 Oh, What’s That? You’d Like To Sit Down? Too Bad

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#116 “These Streets Will Make You Feel Brand New”

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#117 Anti-Human Measures On A Medici Building. F*ck You What Can We Do About This?

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#118 The “Benches” At The Port Authority Bus Terminal In New York City

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#119 Uncomfortable To Seat And Impossible To Sleep

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#120 This Bus Stop In Manhattan

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#121 Design And Hostile At The Same Time. Metro Station In Montreal

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#122 Thought About Having A Relax At The Bus Stop? Nope

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#123 This Bench Is Too Short To Even Sleep On

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#124 Anti Homeless Architecture

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#125 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#126 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#127 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#128 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#129 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#130 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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#131 Anti-Homeless Architecture

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