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Field Assembly is an independent
architecture publication.
We publish research, essays and practical tools about the places we inhabit and the materials we build with.
About the publicationToolkits
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ToolkitBrowser tool
Field Kit
Turn a local issue into a question, a public encounter and a plan for recording what happens.
Make a printable field sheetOpen Field KitToolkitBrowser toolFood Space Planner
Choose your community’s needs and available space to compare food-growing, cooking and sharing spaces.
Build a shortlist for discussionOpen Food Space PlannerToolkitPrintable packTake a Seat
Record places to rest, gaps and access along a neighbourhood walk using four printable sheets.
Take a route survey into the fieldOpen Take a SeatEditorial illustrations / Field Assembly
Essays
Short arguments on the places and materials we share.
Essay2 min read
Food is public infrastructure.
Who gets space to grow, cook and share?
By Anindita ShrivastavaRead essay
Essay2 min read
Resilience is a metropolitan practice.
Why cities need to work with water, not only resist it.
By Nishtha GuptaRead essay
Essay2 min read
Cultivation is fabrication.
How growing materials change architectural practice.
By Hemant JindalRead essay
Editorial illustrations / Field Assembly
Field notePostcard studies · London
Postcard Actions
A small printed object can carry an architectural question beyond the studio.
Read the team’s account of taking the story of Tbilisi’s Navtlughi Silo to Tate Modern, Hyde Park and the Architectural Association in London.
Projects
Food, water, landscapes and materials: studies of the systems people depend on.
ProjectFood / neighbourhoods
Food Park
How can growing, cooking and sharing food shape a neighbourhood?
Featured contributor: Anindita ShrivastavaExplore project
ProjectWater / cities
Resilient Metropoles
How can coastal cities grow with water rather than only defend against it?
Featured contributor: Nishtha GuptaExplore project
ProjectMaterials / making
Skin Machine
What changes when a material is grown rather than manufactured?
Featured contributor: Hemant JindalExplore project
ProjectLandscape / learning
Hinterland
Markets, classrooms and cultivation woven into the terraces of Mount Lebanon.
Featured contributor: Carole El DanafExplore project
Carole El Danaf / Individual final-year work / LAU
ProjectMaterials / spatial networks
METAXIS
A human-scale tape installation exploring how material networks form space.
Featured contributor: Carole El DanafExplore project
Carole El Danaf with the METAXIS research group / AADRL
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The Public Act
Food, water and cultivated materials, brought into one conversation.
Open the journalIssue 01 / 6 Sep 2026 / 24 pages
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Research, essays and field guides from Issue 01. The PDF retains earlier editor credits; read the dated correction.
Hemant Jindal
How can architecture be grown, tested and made open?
Nishtha Gupta
How can development decisions and water shape cities that adapt to change?
Anindita Shrivastava
What changes when food becomes public infrastructure?
Contributing EditorCarole El Danaf
Meet the authors and editorsLandscape and material experimentation
Publication SupportFelix
Publication SupportAdam Livingston
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