User:Vucod/Hostile architecture

Following a discussion in the tagging mailing list, I started to use some tags for tagging hostile architectures. The tags that I use are the followings:

Tags informing that some behaviors are prevented:

• lying_down=obstructed
• sitting=obstructed
• skating=obstructed
• ...=obstructed

When needed, the previous tags can be completed with more information:

• obstruction:location=*: location of the obstruction
• obstruction:type=*: type of obstruction

Tags informing the type of physical obstructions:

width=*, length=*, slope=*, armrest=*, spikes=*, skatestoppers=*, ...

Examples

For a device placed in front of the windows of a shop that creates a slope to prevent people to sit there, we can tag the building with

• lying_down=obstructed
• obstruction:location=front
• obstruction:type=slope

For benches with 2 inner armrests:

• lying_down=obstructed
• obstruction:type=armrest
• armrest=2