Forensic Architecture

Forensic Architecture (est. 2010, London) is an interdisciplinary research agency based at Goldsmiths, University of London that develops and employs innovative methods for investigating state and corporate violence. Forensic Architecture works in partnership with institutions across civil society—grassroots activists, legal teams, international NGOs, and media organizations—to carry out investigations with and on behalf of communities and individuals affected by conflict, police brutality, border regimes, and environmental violence. The research agency uses advanced digital modeling, architectural, and spatial analysis, open-sourced research, and situated interviewing techniques in pursuit of accountability across a range of forums. Its work has been presented in national and international courtrooms, including the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, and the United Nations General Assembly, and in exhibitions at leading cultural institutions, including the National Art Gallery of Namibia, Windhoek, 2025; 36th Bienal de São Paulo, 2025; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, 2022; Institute of Contemporary Arts London, 2021; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2021; and 17th Venice Biennale for Architecture, 2021. Forensic Architecture is also credited with the creation of an eponymous new field and form of interdisciplinary investigative practice, and has supported the growth of agencies worldwide that apply and develop its methods.