Samaneh Moafi

As Forensic Architecture’s Assistant Director of Research, Samaneh provides conceptual and methodological oversight across projects. Since joining in 2015, Samaneh has overseen the Centre for Contemporary Nature (2019-2022), led prominent cases such as Grenfell Tower Fire: Situated Testimonies (2018-2024) and contributed to high-profile investigations such as A Cartography of a Genocide: Israel’s conduct in Gaza since October 2023 (2023-2024).

Samaneh’s PhD thesis, titled Home Rebellion, was an exploration of shared practices of resistance with a particular focus on state initiated housing and gender and class relations in Iran.

Before joining FA, Samaneh practiced as an architect in Australia, taught BA Architecture at the University of Technology, Sydney, MArch Urban Design at the Bartlett School, University College, London, and led a number of short courses at the Royal College of Arts and the AA.