Forensic Architecture GK-Talk

Forensic Architecture (FA) is a research agency, based at Goldsmiths, University of London, investigating human rights violations including violence committed by states, police forces, militaries, and corporations.

They work in partnership with institutions across civil society, from grassroots activists, to legal teams, to international NGOs and media organisations, to carry out investigations with and on behalf of communities and individuals affected by state and corporate violence. Their investigations employ cutting-edge techniques in spatial and architectural analysis, open source investigation, digital modelling, and immersive technologies.

Short Biographies

Lola Conte is a designer and Advanced researcher at Forensic Architecture. She completed her RIBA Part II at the Architectural Association where she graduated with Honours. Her work investigated the implementation of technology in the legal sphere, specifically, the use of virtual links for defendants appearing remotely, from spaces of incarceration. 
Whilst at Forensic Architecture, Lola has worked on a number of detailed inquiries using techniques such as spatial and architectural analysis, digital modelling, and situated interviews. This includes cases of police brutality, border militarisation and environmental as well as digital violence.

Kishan San is an Advanced Researcher at Forensic Architecture. His work focuses on spatial investigation, utilising contemporary architectural tools / methodologies as analytical and optical devices.
He completed a Part 2 in Architecture from the Architectural Association, London. Kishan’s thesis project sought to dissect the use of ecological protection zones by the US and the UK in order to maintain unlawful sovereignty over the Chagos Islands.
Before joining Forensic Architecture in 2019, he worked as an architectural assistant at Haworth Tompkins. He has also run critical design workshops internationally and continues to champion affordable critical design education with the School SOS.