Design for maintenance/Designing conflict in versus designing conflict out

 Ever since I worked in restaurants and had to do sidework, cleaning kitchen refrigerators and such, I've joked about how the equipment wasn't "designed for maintenance" in that sharp corners were hard to clean, and should be rounded.

Similarly, in planning I talk about "designing conflict in versus designing conflict out" for example creating bike lanes that pedestrians are "forced" to cross, new development adding significant motor vehicle traffic to already failing intersections, etc.

Planning should be about making things better and easier, not harder.

This building in Millcreek, Utah is a good example.  When the architectural firm designed for windows at the top of one section of the building, they didn't think about how easy or difficult it would be to wash the windows?

In this case, they need a boom or a lift truck every time they clean the windows.