Tag: Hostile

An idiot american violated Indian rules and regulations and trespassed into one of the most secluded places of the planet earth. He was there on a mission of preaching and sharing God’s Love and make them civilized by bible and football. Well as he was such a god loving person…these abo...

This is the most fascinating category and the one where I have received the most pushback: I have seen some design elements being defended as “mobility aid” or “privacy separator” (based on he theory that dividers encourage strangers to use a bench together). It is interestin...

In recent times, particularly in light of the harrowing events unfolding in Palestine, a question has surfaced with increasing urgency: “Why isn’t Allah saving Muslims who are facing hardships everywhere, especially in the ongoing situation in Palestine?” This query has been echoed...

Last year, students from an Australian university reached out for my thoughts on Hostile Architecture. It was for a journalism course studying Los Angeles’s houseless crisis. The group wanted to ensure their research acknowledged the hostile and defensive design targeting unhoused An...

This is a follow-up to my first article on hostile architecture in London from April 2022. This time with even more photos, and some theory. While collecting more examples of hostile architecture in London over the summer, I realised that I struggled to understand the seemingly random usage ...