Some people use public spaces more than others, or even depend on them. Young people use these spaces to meet up or to get some "peace" away from their homes. For homeless people, public spaces are actually their homes. Hostile Architecture, often euphemistically referred to as "defensive architecture" in German, describes modifications of objects in public spaces to restrict their use to only desired behaviors. The aim is to prevent activities such as skateboarding, graffiti, or the presence of homeless people and drug addicts. "Brutal Comfort" is an approach that replicates the impact of hostile architecture through a simulated intervention in a private space. For this purpose, a concrete cushion was created and equipped with typical elements of hostile architecture. The goal was to make the effects of hostile architecture on marginalized groups of people tangible for those who have the privilege of their own homes. Facts about the cushion: The cushion was created and modified through a Blender animation. Subsequently, a negative mold was made in Fusion and prepared for 3D printing. The mold was printed in 50 hours using 3 kg of filament and then cast with approximately 20 kg of commercial concrete. The cushion was part of a pop-up exhibition called "Setz Dich" ("sit down") shown to the public in Dresden, Germany.

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