The project was conducted at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. The ongoing antiterrorism alterations in London gave rise to address the current security climate. The evidence of spatial fall-out of anti-terrorism measures is scattered across London, from little noticed upgrades to camera security to the – more visible – installation of concrete barriers around our most popular tourist attractions in Whitehall. These developments are significant on several accounts. When looking in greater detail they demonstrate that decisions taken in the name of security render many of the city’s physical, social, economic and statutory mechanisms unsustainable; that, once taken, they are in essence irreversible; and that – while spatial, architectural, urban – they are divorced from architectural discourse and practice. Specialist Operations was first to successfully put forward unconventional antiterrorism measures to the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

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