FCPS*: Fish, Chips & Public Space

PHYSICAL PROJECT  FCPS* examines the spatiality of fish in Deptford, revealing the reciprocal nature of the city, and proposes a series of urban interventions that lead to a portion of Fish & Chips near Deptford Creek, encouraging the reproduction and re-imagining of social space. The journey starts with a newspaper mapping the way to a

FORENSIC, SPACE and LAW

The course offers theoretical and practical reflections on the relations between the study of the space of architecture/built environments within the area of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Human Rights (HR). It deals with the evidentiary and epistemological role of architecture as an instrument to investigate legal controversies within their distinct spatial dimensions. In an

SECURITY AND THE LONDON URBAN LANDSCAPE: Militarising Everyday Life

PRESENTATION  27.03.2017 – Presentation at the University of Westminster: International Relations and Politics This Monday Alex Ioannou and Jens Haendeler had the chance to present some of their fieldwork to students of international relations and politics at the University of Westminster as part of a course coordinated by Dr. Elisabetta Brighi. The workshop featured of a

CALAIS: Flooding as Spatial Control

In January 2016 the Eurotunnel group decided to flood the landscape surrounding the Eurotunnel tracks and check-in facilities. Since the group owns the ditches, drains and their vortex control valves they decided to intentionally shut those in order to accumulate water surrounding the terminal. The above Landsat 8 images, published by NASA and manipulated by

CALAIS: Landscapes of Expulsion

Last week I returned to the dunes east of Calais that were once the site for one of Europe’s largest informal migrant camps. What was once filled with tents and makeshift houses has been evicted in late 2016 following a cycle of partial eviction, police violence and oppression through weaponised architectural interventions and a strategy