INVESTIGATION OF THE HARBOUR BRIDGE
FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE
Forensic Architecture is a research agency based at University of London. This agency undertakes advance spatial and media investigation into many cases including human right violation, human right organisation, international prosecutor, environmental justice groups and media organisations.
Forensic Architecture is a field with the production and presentation of architectural evident within legal and political reasoning. The agency investigates state violence, human right violation and environmental eradication around the world. The work contains open source investigation, use of digital and physical models, 3D animation, virtual reality environments and cartographic platforms. Using these environments they analyse photographs, videos, audio and files and testimonies to reconstruct events. The digital models is a tool to interview survivors and find new ways to explore the trauma.
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Figure 1: The Bombing of Rafah (General Press Pack, 2015)
The cases chosen must go through many criteria including:
1. The case must involve human rights or environmental issue.
2. There must be spatial and architectural dimension so the agency can work and investigate around it.
3. Cases that allow new research techniques.
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Forensic architecture is needed for conflicts and human right violation rapidly increasing in urban area, in homes and neighborhoods. The urban war confuse between civilians and combatants. These area have become media-rich as mobile phones are used to record human right violation. These cases can be sensitive and understanding them can be a challenge. Architectural analysis and digital modeling techniques allows to unravel the complexity and present the information in a convincing manner.
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Figure 2: 3D of Grenfell Tower ( Mairs 2018)
HISTORY OF HARBOUR BRIDGE
INVESTIGATION ON POTENTIAL DESIGNS FOR HARBOUR BRIDGE
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