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When you have a planner drafting your house, a roof over your head is the bare minimum you expect. I wouldn’t call a set of windows a luxury either. But in reality, even in the most precise universe of architecture and engineering, errors happen. And the results are the monstrosities you’re about to see.

Thanks to the Twitter page “Bad Planning,” we have quite a split collection to look at. The page sarcastically describes itself as “a celebration of all the ‘smelly’ stuff imposed on our environment.” It adds that: “Perpetrated by Architects, Planners, Surveyors, Engineers & other environmental ne’er do wells.” Whoever created this page appears genuinely unforgiving.

Get ready to meet ‘Fencemageddon,’ heaters rising up the stairway, the house of all the planet’s windows, and other peculiar specimens. Scroll down, enjoy and upvote your favorites as you go!

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you are upset, you just had to do it the French way : unite to create a company that will buy and preserve the building.

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    In order to find out how bad planning and design examples like these end up in public and private spaces, we have to break down where they start from. Maybe it’s a client who ordered a questionable design and turned it into reality. Maybe it’s a designer who forgot the functional part of the design. Or it may well be the planners who didn’t take what was needed into account.

    “We never realize how much even the smallest detail can affect our everyday lifestyle,” Laura Vanagaite, a Portugal-based graphic designer, told Bored Panda. She shared a couple of insights of what happens and why when objects, buildings, and spaces are designed with such big flaws. “Every single object we use from the morning until the night is designed specifically on how it is supposed to be. But that is not always the case. Functionality is the number one rule in the design and architecture world,” Laura explained.

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    Vortex Lazer
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am wearing spectacles and yet this still looks blurry to me.

    Steve
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's one way to keep the druggies and drunks off your block.

    Pangolin Pal
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The Drunk Experience" sidewalk -- no need to get hammered to feel totally sloshed while walking. . .

    Mazer
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I just suffered my first visually induced seizure

    The Veil of Fire
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A persons with vertigo nightmare and daymare. Rarely has a photo hurt my brain so much. me I'm that person with vertigo.

    Dawn C
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm getting vertigo just sitting down looking at it!😣

    Sue Sanders
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't know I had double vision until now. I'd fall flat on my nose before I could reach that tree.

    Lene
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Woooow! My epileptic brain is not fond of this! 😖

    MrPibb
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only sidewalk in the world where it's actually safer to walk on at night!

    MrPibb
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only sidewalk in the world where it's actually safer to walk on at night.

    Yoga Kitty
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks, I hate it. My eyesight is already bad enough as it is causing me vertigo and constant stumbling around - this would be one of the last designs I'd like to add to my life...

    Janice Hazeldine
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This must have been sponsored by the local hospital to drum up business as so many people stagger into the road and get run down.

    Jo Chrisco
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As if I felt uneasy before! Thank you crazy person for messing with everyone's equilibrium.

    Chin-sun Ming
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok the fact that I’ve been seeing doubles for a week now and this just hurts my eyes

    Poppy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People with Alzheimer's wouldn't be able to walk on that. The disease disrupts how they view things

    Catarina
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe after some shots of tequilla they look straight🤪

    Lovin' Life
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would fall flat on my face trying to walk on this. My eyes are watering already just looking at the photo

    Karen Mashler
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The person responsible must have a grudge against someone living there. Ouch!

    Two_rolling_black_eyes
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It also looks like the street is only wide enough for one car to go down but there's cars parked going both directions.

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    “But sometimes,” Laura said, “some creative choices are made that make the function not the priority.” And that is where the confusion happens. “From what we have seen in the past, some design solutions are made without thinking of the actual client, a person that will use the product. It applies to everything: website or app design, interior design, furniture, architecture and spatial planning.”

    Laura also said that if any of the end product is made without thinking much about the user, it loses its value. “For example, a person downloads an app, it looks nice, the design is modern, it looks beautifully done, but the letters are done in a light color and it is hard to understand what information needs to be filled in. The client gets annoyed and decides to delete the app. In this case, the designer should have thought about the app function and how user-friendly it would be.”

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    “Another example can be spatial planning,” the graphic designer said. “Let's say that the architects were hired to create a modern working space for a tech company. The finished result looks modern, innovative and... not enough space for the workers to sit properly. Sitting areas are a crucial part of offices because the physical health of the workers determines how productive they will be.”

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine getting home drunk one night and as soon as you step out of the taxi you just fall into a pit

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    According to Laura, these types of mistakes can be found in every area: “maybe the logo was wrongly designed and did not reflect the values of the company, maybe the cutlery was designed without thinking about whether left-handed people would be able to use it.”

    She also stressed the fact that every designer should think first about the function and the person who will be using the product. “Whether it is a simple app or a huge architectural building, you as the professional should ask ‘What does the client need and what issues do I need to solve to make it easier for them to use it?’” Laura concluded.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That one room is where they keep the deranged Brother, bricked in and away from society.

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    Ryan Deschanel
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my language, it's the Devil who is in the details. We always try to see the bad in every thing, to see the clouds behind the silver lining, in order to be prepared for when the smallest defect in the greatest plan will make everything backfire and fail miserably.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Architect: Yes I won lots of prestigious design awards for my building "Soulless cube"

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    Kira Okah
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Much nicer alleyway than the weed, discarded needle, and broken glass filled ones back where I come from.

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    Mimi La Souris
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is more about height of smoke evacuation legislation. it’s still ugly

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    =.= Hello again this picture. This is a building that was converted into a hotel, and this door is a fire safety legal requirement for all hotels. It indicates the level of the fire exit and blocks inescapable floors. Placed there so in the event of an emergency people don't run all the way down the stairs, end up in the basement with no exit, and die horribly.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad was on a jury for someone who flew a small plane under one of the bridges, before the motorway actually opened. Seeing this photo makes me think that he’d have been ok, even when it did open.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, no games this side of the fence, that is fine. Why would the sign apply to the other side of the fence? That’s not how signs work.

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    I haven't the faintest idea why, but the license plate on the car in the first picture looks like it reads "Lesbo HG". My eyesight is awful.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That door had a bad breakup with the one across the street and now can't even look at it anymore.

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