ABSTRACT
Forensic Architecture identifies two principal sites for its action: fields and forums. In fact, in various parts of the world, there is currently a multiplicity of disciplines that exercise different forms of “forensic architecture” applicable to diverse cases analogous to the ones investigated by the London-based group. Once Forensic Architecture accepts the task, its members will gather as much data and information as possible: maps, images, oral testimonies, sound recordings, satellite content, legal transcripts, and found footage. Forensic Architecture then generates three-dimensional digital models and a complex set of analytical drawings that constitute an accurate depiction of a specific space or building, caught in the precise historical moment of an event. “Forensic architecture” as conceived by its exponents is an emergent field. The theoretical apparatus of Forensic Architecture is therefore composed of a series of concepts that can also become operative angles with which to analyze reality.
