Field Assembly / fieldwork and conversationsLondon / issue 01

Public Experiments.

Use a postcard, a walking route or a field sheet to investigate a question with the people it affects.

Begin with Take a Seat ↓

Editorial illustration of people exchanging a postcard and discussing a public question at a small table; not a photograph of an event. — Illustration of the postcard method, not event documentation. Read the team account below.
Editorial illustration / Field Assembly

Printable fieldwork guide

Four printable sheetsChoose a route and begin

Take a Seat.

How far can you move through a neighbourhood if you need to rest?

Print the pack to record seats and gaps along one London walk.

Open the print-ready pack ↗Contact the contributors about Take a Seat ↗

Previous action / team account

Postcard Actions.

The team used postcards to discuss the demolition of Tbilisi's Navtlughi Silo in three London locations.

01Tate ModernLondon
02Hyde ParkLondon
03Architectural AssociationLondon

About this account

This account comes from the team. Dates, quantities, photographs and public responses are not documented here, so the campaign’s reach and effects cannot be assessed.

Read the background and sourcesNavtlughi Silo / team account

Background / Tbilisi, Georgia

Field account / team-reported

Navtlughi
Silo.

A London-based public-awareness response to the demolition of a major piece of Tbilisi’s industrial heritage.

No. 5

1932

01 / Place

Former No. 5 Flour Mill Combine

Navtlughi, Tbilisi. Construction began in 1932.

02 / Current event

Demolition reported

Demolition was publicly reported in July 2026 by Industrial Heritage Tbilisi and Georgian media.

03 / Development

11 apartment blocks planned

Georgian reporting describes the Soviet-period structure as privately owned and scheduled for residential redevelopment.

04 / Civic response

300+ petition signatures

Architects, engineers, designers and citizens called for preservation, adaptation and an open project process.

Issue sourcesCommersant Georgia, 10 July 2026 ↗Industrial Heritage Tbilisi ↗

Field Assembly response / team account

Postcards brought the question to London.

The team reports making postcards and distributing them at Tate Modern, Hyde Park and around the Architectural Association. The available account does not document dates, quantities, public responses or individual roles.

What the sources establishReporting / team account / unresolved

Published reporting

The issue

Demolition of the former No. 5 Flour Mill Combine silo in Navtlughi, Tbilisi, was reported in July 2026.

Confirmed

Published reporting

Development pressure

The privately owned site is planned for 11 apartment buildings. A preservation petition had more than 300 signatories when reported.

Confirmed

Team account

Campaign response

The team says it designed postcards and public-facing material, then distributed them at Tate Modern, Hyde Park and around the AA.

Reported by team

Not verified

Permission status

The demolition permit has not been verified. The sources listed here do not establish whether permission was granted.

Permit record needed

What this establishes

Navtlughi is a team account with a sourced civic issue, not a verified claim of campaign impact.

Reusable method / six decisions

How an action becomes a public record.

Field Kit output showing where the signal, source, question, carrier, place and evidence plan appear on the sheet. — Field Kit / actual printed output with instructional entries

Six moves connect the question to its record

Verify
Identify the place, people and reliable sources behind the issue.
Frame
Ask a precise public question while leaving room for different answers.
Carry
Choose a postcard, map or tool people can use.
Enter
Meet people where they already gather.
Record
Keep artefacts and counts. Record responses only with consent.
Publish
Share findings, failures and only the consequences your evidence supports.

Free browser tool / Field Kit

Build a field sheet.

Write down your source, question, place and recording plan before going into the field.

Build a field sheet ↗

Seven ideas for fieldwork

Next questions.

Seven sourced questions for future fieldwork, not completed campaigns.

Open the field-question registerSeven research questions

002Urgency

The Shade Gap

Who gets a cool route through a hot city?

Map shade, water, exposed waits and places of refuge.

Research basis / WHO: Heat and health ↗

003Joy

Play Was Here

What does a child notice that a planner does not?

Use child-led walks and washable marks to map ordinary play.

Research basis / GLA: Making London child-friendly ↗

004Unease

After Dark

When daylight leaves, whose city remains?

Record comfort, avoidance, visibility and help on led night walks.

Research basis / GLA: Safety in public space ↗

005Anger → hope

Before the Rubble

Is a building waste before its materials get another chance?

Create a visible pre-demolition inventory and material passport.

Research basis / European Commission: Construction waste ↗

006Belonging

Room for Nothing

Where can you exist without buying something?

Collect free, sheltered places and test what makes them public.

Research basis / UN-Habitat: Public space and health ↗

007Dignity

Where Can I Go?

Who is excluded when a city has nowhere to go?

Time real journeys between open, free and accessible toilets.

Research basis / Mayor of London: Ageing London ↗

008Possibility

100 Good Metres

How much care can fit into one short piece of street?

Test shade, seating, play, planting and conversation for one day.

Research basis / Tactical Urbanism Guide ↗

Page summary

In brief

We asked

How can an architectural question enter public circulation?

What this page shows

Explore a postcard campaign account, a seating-survey guide and questions for future fieldwork.

What’s included Take a Seat and Postcard Actions