Paris-based architect-researcher, resident at Cité internationale des Arts, specializing in spatial reconstruction and visual analysis. My practice explores the intersections of image, memory, and space, focusing on the testimonial power of objects, architectural fragments, and image details emerging from conflict zones and contested spaces. I integrate forensic methods, architectural modeling, and documentary practices to examine the evidentiary and political dimensions of visual material.



Education

Goldsmiths, University of London – London
Master’s Degree in Forensic Architecture, Distinction | 2017–2018
Internships:
- Research Assistant at Forensic Architecture.
- Research Assistant at Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights, Jerusalem.

École Spéciale d'Architecture – Paris
Exchange program | Spring 2012

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design – Jerusalem
Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture | 2008–2014


Research Experience

B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Data Coordinator | 2022–Present

Hamidrasha, Beit Berl College – The Faculty of Arts

Research assistant for Dr. Ruthie Ginsburg | 2021–2023
Conducted interviews and research for: Photography and Protest: The Connections and Tensions between Disobedience and Orderly Frames.

Forensic Architecture, Goldsmiths University of London – London
Researcher | 2018–2019
Developed 3D models, mappings, and open-source visual techniques for investigations, including Living Archaeology in Gaza (published by BBC) and Killing in Umm al-Hiran.


Selected Group Exhibitions

Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv

A Weaponized Household | 2021
Participated in Dissensus: Architecture, Planning, and Legislation.

Tate Britain – London

The Long Duration of a Split Second | 2018
Research Assistant – Forensic Architecture exhibition, Turner Prize 2018.


Laurie Grove Bath Gallery – London
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, Urban Renewal as War | 2018

Musa Eretz Israel Museum Tel Aviv
Likud
| 2017
Participated in On the Edge, The Third Paper Biennale.

Barbur Gallery – Jerusalem
InsideOut | 2013
Curated the solo exhibition of Neta Cohen.

Bat Yam Biennale of Landscape Architecture Bat Yam
Back Front Yard | 2010
Participated in the 72 Hours Urban Action contest.


Architecture

Yaël Moria Architects – Jaffa
Architect | 2020–2021
- Developed urban policy appendices to guide public space designs.
- Enhancing the usability and quality of the urban public sphere.

Yaron Israel Architects – Tel Aviv
Architect | 2016–2017
Managed the planning and execution of residential development projects.


Uri Padan Architects – Tel Aviv
Architect | 2015–2016
- Conducted building documentation for various architectural conservation projects.
- Earned a Conservation Trust Diploma from the Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel.

Kerem Helbrecht Architects – Tel Aviv
Architect | 2013–2014
Conducted building documentation for various conservation projects.

Peter Zaborsky Architecture – Paris
Architect (intern)
| Summer 2012
- Contributed to renovating the Crypt Archéologique du Parvis de Notre-Dame Museum
- Redesign of vitrages (glass panels) for a conservation project at a museum in Lyon.



Selected Publictions

  • Space Issues, Issues Magazine (Fall-Winter 2020), pp. 30-31.
  • Futureland, Logistical Nightmares, Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths University of London (2018).
  • Statue of the Inhabitable (by Hanna Rullman), Image Contribution to PNYX, Weekly Commentary Research and Review, AA School of Architecture (Issue 54, London, 2019).
  • Deliberate Move, Footnotes from the Centre for Research Architecture, IF Publications, Gato Negro, Instituto de Investigaciones Independientes, Barcelona (2018), p. 12.




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