– I think it’s a shame that we have a type of architecture in Oslo which aims to exclude some of the weakest in our city. It is a trend that has already appeared in several cities in the past, to prevent people from sleeping outdoors, said first candidate Lan Marie Nguyen Berg in MDG Oslo Dagbladet.
– Not conscious choice
Bus cycles in Oslo has previously been debated, because the benches are designed so that it will not be possible to lie down on them. Our Country has also highlighted the large boulders under Sinsenkrysset, posted there to prevent people overnight.
Now also the new benches in Bjørvika sparked debate. MDG will have armrests removed.
– We will not have places that are designed to chase away people who need to lie down a bit. That where made spikes outside stores, so people can not shut down. Or benches in bus cycles in Oslo, which is designed so you can not lie to them, says Nguyen Berg.
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It is Bjørvika Development which has set up benches Berg responds to.
– There has never been a topic that someone should not be able to lie on them. I think it was more aesthetic, for it is a sea of opportunities for lying on benches in the area. This has never been a deliberate strategy from us to exclude anyone. This is a new issue for us, says CEO Geir Lynnebakken in Bjørvika Bjørvika Development and Infrastructure Dagbladet.
– Could it be appropriate to remove the armrests?
– When do I need to look at how they are constructed, responding Lynnebakken.
– Scaring away the weakest
At their national convention this year adopted the Green Party a resolution to support “human friendly urban space.” They will have several drinking fountains and public toilets, as well as good city furniture.
– It becomes a much nicer town than one that actively trying to exclude some people. We solve the problem not by scaring away the weakest, says Nguyen Berg told Dagbladet.
Bjørvika Development is a private developer company with several projects in the area to be transferred by the urban environment agency. Finally, it is the City of Oslo that have the responsibility for the benches.
– Oslo has no policy to create benches that it is impossible to sleep on. I believe it is important that we have an urban space that seems inclusive and that we do not have large spaces that shuts out some groups. It is not a development I want in Oslo, says commissioner for environment and transport Guri Melby in Oslo Dagbladet.
– Want more inclusive design
She says there Oslo municipality itself is expanding, so they must choose solutions that seem inclusive. And that she has never experienced that Oslo has discussed the detailed design of an urban space with the developer.
– I would like to be involved in a discussion about how we as a municipality and I as commissioner, you get more inclusive design and less of what seems exclusionary. I believe we must be clear that we do not want hostile architecture in our urban spaces. But armrests could also make it easier for seniors to sit down, says Melby told Dagbladet.
In London, it has previously been set up spikes outside shops, and a condominium, to prevent people from lying down. Oslo Central Station considering they also have the ability to set up armrests, so people can not lie down, according to Aftenposten.
– It is more prevalent in other cities, such as London, where it was set up spikes outside stores, so people could sleep there. I will do everything in my power to see that we do not see such examples in Oslo, says Melby Dagbladet
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