During the Saudi-led coalitional intervention of Yemen (2015-present), aerial strikes were conducted on infrastructure, in particular upon various bridges. The bridges targeted by military strikes were civilian objects which have been disproportionately damaged. The bridges are of vital importance to transportation and distribution of food amongst the Yemeni people. The attacks on the bridges can almost certainly be considered violations of international humanitarian law. The consequences and starvation of Yemeni’s through the destruction of these bridges, can also constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity. This project investigates some of these attacks (such as the Al Siyani Bridge)
A research document with extracts from the dissertation, the paper written at Oxford University, an operative glossary (recognised and de facto) and investigative report will be published when convenient and when there is appropriate time for it.
Participation in the Photogrammetry and Aerial Mapping workshops:
https://research-architecture.org/Photogrammetry-Workshop
https://research-architecture.org/Aerial-Mapping-Workshop
More information about the public forum/exhibition can be found here
https://research-architecture.org/Public-Forums
The project can be found here:
https://research-architecture.org/Class-of-2021
The sensing Aerial thresholds session can be found here:
The Symposium Video is available below…
An image of the exhibition piece below.
Maps and video’s will be published shortly…
Images of the exhibition.
The Zine for the exhibition can be downloaded here…
All of this was made possible primarily by Füsun Turetken (https://research-architecture.org/Fusun-Turetken) many other teachers at the Willem de Kooning Academy and my tutors at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Voor een verslag in het Nederlands van de opgedane studiervaring: https://www.vreedefonds.nl/nikki/
As you can see in the following media outlets,studying this topic was and is still relevant…
But if you chose to ignore a conflict like this one, then it has consequences…
And the Saudi involvement in Yemen continues to fail…
Just to point out that Biden failed in stopping the Houthi’s and had to admit that himself…
And Trump had to admit it too…
Maybe the Houthi’s are a stronger fighting force than what all of us have had in mind, except for some of the more serious scholars concerning Yemen… The conflict and the power of the Houthi’s is being fuelled by the injustice which ordinary Yemeni’s have experienced for over a decade now…
And yet unfortunately the people continue to suffer…
Where there is no end to the suffering in sight…
Maar als je mij niet gelooft, misschien kun je naar de NRC luisteren…
And the conflict is getting worse, as the New york times is reporting……
Saudi-Backed Yemeni Government Declares War Against Houthis https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/middleeast/houthis-oil-attack-saudi-arabia-yemen.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
