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The Killing of Tahir Elci

Forensic Architecture zeroed in on six shots, one of which was likely the shot which killed Elçi.

The Killing of Tahir Elci

Forensic Architecture synchronised the available video footage using audio signatures and visual clues.

The Killing of Tahir Elci

Forty shots could be heard in the available video footage, and twenty-six could be seen.

The Killing of Tahir Elci

These images of the audio signatures of each piece of video footage, known as 'spectrograms', show how features of the signature, such as frequency, change over time.

The Ayotzinapa Case

The forking paths of Ayotzinapa represented in a narrative matrix.

The Ayotzinapa Case

Data points appear on the interactive cartographic interface of the Ayotzinapa Platform.

The Ayotzinapa Case

Locating vehicles from a photograph taken by an military intelligence agent present at the crime scene.

Saydnaya

3D model of Saydnaya prison. Using architectural and acoustic modelling, Forensic Architecture and Amnesty International helped witnesses to reconstruct the architecture of Saydnaya, a Syrian prison where thousands have been held in inhumane conditions, tortured, and killed. Image: Forensic Architecture and Amnesty International, 2016.

Saydnaya

April 2016, Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture travelled to Istanbul to meet five survivors from Saydnaya prison. In this image, one of the former detainees works with an architect using 3D modelling software to recreate the site. Image: Forensic Architecture and Amnesty International, 2016

Saydnaya

As there are no images of Saydnaya, the research team was dependent on the memories of survivors to recreate what is happening inside. The former detainees described architectural features, such as the cell pictured, to an architect working with 3D modelling software. Image: Forensic Architecture and Amnesty International, 2016.

MSF Supported Hospital

Sea Watch vs The Libyan Coast Guard

Architectural research, 2016 to 2019.

In 2016, Stefan Laxness joined Forensic Architecture, an independent research agency based in Goldsmiths, University of London as an architectural researcher and a project coordinator.

Forensic Architecture is an interdisciplinary practice which investigates violence, conflict and human right's abuse through spatial analysis.

During his time at FA, Stefan took part in the following investigations:

The Battle of Ilovaisk (2019)

The Killing of Tahir Elçi (2019),

Mare Clausum: The Seawatch vs The Libyan Coast Guard (2018),

Standoff In El Junquito (2018),

The Ayotzinapa Case: A Cartography of Violence (2017)

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MSF Supported Hospital: Attack on an MSF-supported hospital in al-Hamidiah, Idlib, Syria (2016),

Saydnaya: Insisde A Syrian Torture Prison (2016)

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Bomb Cloud Atlas (2016)

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