Christina Varvia

Christina Varvia is an architect and the research coordinator for Forensic Architecture. She graduated from the AA School of Architecture with a previous degree from Westminster University. Her previous research includes studies on digital media and memory as well as the perception of the physical environment through scanning and imaging technologies, research that she deploys through time-based media. After having worked in architectural practice, Christina joined the Forensic Architecture team in 2014, where she developed methodologies and undertook video analysis that lead to the Rafah: Black Friday report, unpacking one day of war in Gaza, 2014.  She has since coordinated the Saydnaya: Inside a Syrian torture prison project, FA’s Venice Biennale participation, as well as many other exhibitions and projects.