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

Luckily this is forbidden in Belgium, a lot that size needs at least 60% of its surface to remain free draining, non-paved soil.

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

And people are surprised with floods. Rainwater has nowhere to go!

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

There are laws against it here, you need ground that can absorb and store water.

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

I'm pretty sure this is just a rendering though. Just sayin'...

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

A sort of advertisers artist's impression when offering it up for sale, maybe. Should reduce the value by 50%

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

Who needs trees, pretty flowers and a bit of grass?? Idiots.

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

Looks like the foundation is already laid for those new house additions.

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

Wow this would so not be allowed here. There are regulations that x% of your property needs to be grass or similar.

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

Some people have done this often in my town because they were parking on their lawns and people thought it was tacky so the city passed an ordinance not to park on grass. The home owners replaced their lawns with gravel or pavement.

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

Bored husband: "Honey, I am going out to mow the lawn". Wife: "OK, be careful out there..................................hey, wait a minute"

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

Well, there's enough tarmac laid for several cars to be parked easily. Sadly, that's all homeowners seem to need now.

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

Maintenance free, interest free, style free, and all kinds of other FREEdoms.

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

My husband has been wanting to pave our lawn area for years and years. I won't let him. He thought a compromise would be coloring it green.

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

tell me you live in the USA without telling me you live in the USA

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

“My goals in life is a good job, kids to love and a fulfilling hobby. How about you, Steve?” “My goal in life is to cover as much of the planets surface as possible in tarmac.”

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

Every skateboarder will be checking out how smooth this is. Then bikes and roller skates, scooters. Cara doing donuts or practicing those parking moves where you perfect the horizontal slide.

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

No bit of greenery anywhere 🥴 Can you imagine getting to Friday evening after a long, hot week at work, looking forward to sitting in your back garden with a chilled drink, under a shady tree, the gentle buzzing of bees and other insects flitting around the colourful shrubs and flowers. Maybe a pond with little fish, and your tired aching feet sinking into the beautiful soft, cool grass....well, the person who lives in that house can't.

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

Maybe they are really into roller blade hockey?? I do hope there are plans for loads and loads of high rising flowerbeds...

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

This person is just asking for a flooded basement during the next heavy rain storm. If you don't give water somewhere to go it will seek the lowest level.

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

Cannot even begin to imagine what this place feels like on a warm summer day. It's like a black desert.

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

Somebody takes their Mario Kart way too seriously but I'd like to run the track. It looks like there's even a door to the kitchen to get banana peels.

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