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<p>This analysis of the redesigned Lilydale and Mooroolbark railway stations shows how the regulation and control of young peoples’ participation in public space is deeply ingrained within spatial design of new public transport spaces in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. This study draws on Rosenberger’s (Philos City 1(1):49–70, 2023) framework for analysing hostile design, coupled with the approaches to youth exclusion developed by Wood (2015), to show the embeddedness of physical impositions, surveillance and regulation within new public transport spaces in suburban Melbourne. This analysis shows the interrelatedness of design features that aim to curb young peoples’ use of public space, and the wider media and policy discourses that criminalise young people and construct them as a threat to social order. The exclusion of marginalised young people from public spaces through stigma and discrimination occurs alongside hostile design measures that aim to ‘design out’ particular groups of young people. For some groups of young people, including young African Australian men, targeted policing strategies and intervention from Protective Services Officers (PSOs) in public transport spaces further signals their non-inclusion in those areas.</p>

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From ‘Hanging Out’ to ‘Designed Out’: How Hostile Design is Used Against Young People in Suburban Railway Stations in Melbourne

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    2025年5月21日

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  • Patrick O’Keeffe

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This analysis of the redesigned Lilydale and Mooroolbark railway stations shows how the regulation and control of young peoples’ participation in public space is deeply ingrained within spatial design of new public transport spaces in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. This study draws on Rosenberger’s (Philos City 1(1):49–70, 2023) framework for analysing hostile design, coupled with the approaches to youth exclusion developed by Wood (2015), to show the embeddedness of physical impositions, surveillance and regulation within new public transport spaces in suburban Melbourne. This analysis shows the interrelatedness of design features that aim to curb young peoples’ use of public space, and the wider media and policy discourses that criminalise young people and construct them as a threat to social order. The exclusion of marginalised young people from public spaces through stigma and discrimination occurs alongside hostile design measures that aim to ‘design out’ particular groups of young people. For some groups of young people, including young African Australian men, targeted policing strategies and intervention from Protective Services Officers (PSOs) in public transport spaces further signals their non-inclusion in those areas.