Beirut Port Explosion
- urbanNext, December 28, 2020.
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Data, Forensic Architecture, Middle Density, Politics and economics, Territory and mobility
Beirut, Collective research, Data, Demand, Empowering society, Geolocation, Information, Information Technologies, Justice, Lebanon, Materials, Online, Political & Economic Approach, Political implications, Pollution, Port, Social Media, Urban Explosion, Warehouse, Waterfront
Shortly after 6:00pm on 4 August 2020, an explosion ripped through the port of Beirut. It killed more than two hundred people, wounded over 6,500, and destroyed large parts of the city.
Forensic Architecture was invited by Mada Masr to examine open source information including videos, photographs, and documents to provide a timeline and a precise 3D model to help investigate the events of that day.
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Video Investigation Port Explosion Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon