{"id":10359,"date":"2019-06-01T19:26:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T17:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=10359"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:25:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:25:25","slug":"why-cities-are-full-of-uncomfortable-benches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/06\/why-cities-are-full-of-uncomfortable-benches\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cities are Full of Uncomfortable Benches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In cities, architects purposely design uncomfortable benches. Defensive architecture is an urban design trend in which public spaces are constructed or altered to prevent people from using them in undesirable ways. It can come in the form of spiked or sloped benches to block homeless people from using them as a place to sleep. Critics argue that such measures reinforce social divisions and create problems for all members of the public, especially seniors, children, and people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Is it driving people and nature out of the cities?<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Watch the video and be able to discuss the questions that follow:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Why cities are full of uncomfortable benches\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WeyLEe1T0yo?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Is defensive architecture visible where you live?<\/p>\n<p>2. Do you think it&#8217;s hostile?\u00a0What do you think about it?<\/p>\n<p>3. Cite some advantages and disadvantages of defensive architecture.<\/p>\n<p>4. How are homeless people treated in your country?<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 What does your government do to help them?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate In cities, architects purposely design uncomfortable benches. Defensive architecture is an urban design trend in which public spaces are constructed or altered to prevent people from using them in undesirable ways. 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