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), and led high-profile investigations, including Grenfell Tower Fire: Situated Testimonies (2018-2024), the explosion at the port of Beirut (2020-2023) and Ecocide in Gaza (2023-2024).

Samaneh’s PhD thesis, titled Home Rebellion, examined spatial practices of struggle and resistance with a particular focus on 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.