Forensic Architecture

I.112  The Index of Repression

Updated 25 Feb 2026
Date of Incident
2019 – Ongoing
Location
Germany
Forums
Legal Process, Web Platform
Commissioned By
European Legal Support Center (ELSC)
Summary
For decades, across Europe and the US, acts of solidarity with Palestine have been silenced by states, and by institutions. Since the genocide in Gaza escalated, from October 2023 onwards, incidents of repression have increased across civil society. The Index presents data collected by the ELSC, drawing patterns between almost 2,000 such incidents, in the UK and Germany.

I.103  The Grenfell Tower Fire: Situated Testimonies

Date of Incident
14 Jun 2017
Location
Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, London
Forums
Citizens' Tribunal, Media
Commissioned By
A coalition of lawyers representing bereaved families, survivors and affected local residents
Summary
The Grenfell Tower Fire was a generational tragedy for London and the UK, ultimately claiming 72 lives. Using a technique called 'situated testimony', we produced seven video interviews with bereaved family members, survivors, and nearby residents, aided by a 3D model of the tower and its surrounding environment. These interviews were screened for the first time as part of Grenfell Testimony Week.

I.58  The Killing of Mark Duggan

Date of Incident
04 Aug 2011
Location
Tottenham, North London
Forums
Legal Process, Exhibition, Media
Commissioned By
Lawyers for the Duggan family
Summary
Mark Duggan’s killing by police led to the most widespread social unrest in the UK in a generation. A decade on, what happened remains unclear. Using information in the public domain, we analysed both the event of the shooting, and the official investigations, in closer detail than ever before.

I.30  The Grenfell Tower Fire

Date of Incident
14 Jun 2017
Location
London, UK
Forums
Media
Commissioned By
Self-Initiated
Summary
The Grenfell Tower fire was unprecedented in UK history—not least because of the scale of publicly available information about the night. We are building an interactive platform that will synthesise that information to create the most comprehensive account of what exactly happened that night.