The question of how to use architecture for the benefit of the powerless and the oppressed has defeated or deflated most of those who have tried. It has almost invariably ended in a retreat into academia or literature. Forensic Architecture, however, have faced the issue head on. Based on top of a London art school, this small, unconventional outfit has reimagined the parameters of architecture as a tool for social justice.

To read the full version of this article, written by Edwin Heathcote and published in L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui No. 426, click on the image below.

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