A clay game about hostile architecture
A Place to Lie Down
A traveller has walked a very long way. Tonight they arrive in downtown Montréal and need one thing: somewhere to lie down for thirty minutes.
Every hostile bench, ledge and spike in this game was photographed and reported by real people on Not Your City, at the place where you will find it on the map.
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Your traveller
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Level 1 of 3 · Downtown
Divided benches
Click a street corner next to you, or use the arrow keys, to walk. Each block costs energy. You can see what a bench is like from one block away. When you reach a bench, your traveller tries to lie down.
No room to lie down
Divided bench
Level 1 complete
Out of energy
You can't go on
The end of the night
You found three places to rest
Not reported in Montréal yet
Not Your City
Help map what the city hides
Not Your City is a project by CyberShakespeare that tracks and records hostile architecture: a hidden side of our cities that makes public space uncomfortable for vulnerable groups and communities, especially unhoused people. Every spot in this game comes from its map.
Submit a report when you spot one. You join a global movement documenting the design that makes cities unliveable for unhoused people.
Report on Not Your City ↗Turn your phone sideways to play.
Reports and photos: Not Your City contributors. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.