Hostile architecture

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What Wikipedia says

Hostile architecture, is an urban design strategy that uses elements of the built environment to purposefully guide behavior and exclude the public from public space access. Hostile architecture is "hostile" because it covertly (and sometimes overtly) keeps people away.

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