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Posted On: September 11th 2026, 10:26 am
‘why urban design is bad at talking about feelings’ started with something i kept coming back to.
cities are very good at talking about safety, access, density and connectivity. fear, discomfort, exclusion and belonging are much harder to put in a report.
but cities already produce all of those feelings anyway. in the bench you can’t lie on, the place you’re not meant to linger, or the street that quietly makes you feel watched. “Hostile Architecture” has almost been rebranded as “Defensive Architecture”.
this piece is me trying to understand why lived experience only seems to count once it has been translated into something measurable.
check substack for the full article.
#UrbanDesign #Architecture #Urbanism #PublicSpace #BuiltEnvironment
[UrbanStudies ArchitectureWriting UrbanDesign Placemaking BuiltEnvironment PublicSpace CityCulture SpatialDesign]
cities are very good at talking about safety, access, density and connectivity. fear, discomfort, exclusion and belonging are much harder to put in a report.
but cities already produce all of those feelings anyway. in the bench you can’t lie on, the place you’re not meant to linger, or the street that quietly makes you feel watched. “Hostile Architecture” has almost been rebranded as “Defensive Architecture”.
this piece is me trying to understand why lived experience only seems to count once it has been translated into something measurable.
check substack for the full article.
#UrbanDesign #Architecture #Urbanism #PublicSpace #BuiltEnvironment
[UrbanStudies ArchitectureWriting UrbanDesign Placemaking BuiltEnvironment PublicSpace CityCulture SpatialDesign]
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