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01

People / research / reading experience

The people behind the published work

Meet founder Hemant Jindal, featured authors Nishtha Gupta and Anindita Shrivastava, and Contributing Editor Carole El Danaf through their work.

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What changed
  • Recomposed the profiles for desktop and mobile, with direct paths to studies, essays and sources.
  • Connected Nishtha’s working paper directly from her profile and shortened the introduction to Resilient Metropoles.
  • Separated platform ownership, contributor roles and original project authorship across the web edition.
Editorial note

Original team credits and each contributor’s editorial involvement remain visible. The downloadable September 6 edition retains its dated masthead.

02

People / reading guides / open tools

Carole El Danaf joins the editorial masthead

Carole’s Contributing Editor profile now connects Hinterland (individual LAU final-year work, 2019–20) and METAXIS (collaborative AADRL studio work, 2023–24).

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What changed
  • Published two selected works with original sources and credits: Hinterland (individual final-year work, LAU, 2019–20) and METAXIS (collaborative AADRL studio work, 2023–24).
  • Simplified introductions and section navigation across the web edition; original study images and source records remain accessible.
  • Placed the submission form before detailed guidance and shortened the tools index.
Editorial note

The existing three senior editorial roles and all original research team credits are unchanged.

03

Issue 01 / downloadable edition

Original research sequences enter the Field Edition

The 24-page edition now carries the original Resilient Metropoles figures alongside Food Park and the Skin Machine material studies.

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What changed
  • Published the six-part metropolitan sequence with complete research-team credits.
  • Aligned the printed research order with the web edition: Food Park, Resilient Metropoles, Skin Machine.
  • Recorded the cleared Skin Machine booklet and the published Food Park position.
Editorial note

Take a Seat remains an open field protocol. Original Food Park drawings are not included in this edition.

04

Work / editorial lead / evidence

Resilient Metropoles: six connected studies

Original project drawings trace the relationships between economic actors, water, streets and building types, with the full research team credited.

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What changed
  • Published one opening visualisation and a six-part sequence covering economic actors, water behaviour, physical testing, emergent streets, building types and spatial consequence.
  • Added Nishtha's 2026 SSRN working paper as continued research without presenting it as peer-reviewed work.
  • Updated the project introduction, journal and sources, with links to Nishtha’s related research.
Editorial note

The research sequence includes full team credits, original sources and the limits of the studies.

05

Issue / tools / public record

Issue 01 published online

The Public Act brings together three architectural studies, three essays, two browser tools and a printable fieldwork guide, with sources and credits.

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What changed
  • Published the 25-plate Skin Machine Material Failure Atlas.
  • Published Food Park and Resilient Metropoles with the research material available for the web edition.
  • Published a 24-page field edition, Field Kit, Food Space Planner and Take a Seat action pack.
Editorial note

Take a Seat is published as an open protocol; completed field accounts are published separately.

Website maintenance history

Clearer page guides and tool instructions

Revised page summaries, research captions and contribution guidance to explain the work and the tools more directly.

  • Clarified what each tool needs, what it produces and how to use the results.
  • Simplified research explanations while retaining original team credits, sources and research limits.
  • Updated submission guidance, audience-map descriptions and page-not-found help.

Clearer navigation and publication details

Shorter introductions lead to the full research, with publication details and a citation on each authored page.

  • Stopped route changes from visibly scrolling through the destination page.
  • Routed public contact through verified editor profiles until a collective inbox is connected.
  • Updated citations, page links and revision dates.

A shared design for the publication

Reorganised the website so readers could distinguish the journal, projects, people, essays, tools and source records.

  • Added consistent page navigation and section links.
  • Revised the layouts for research, people and fieldwork.
  • Kept the interactive homepage opening and restored the original people cards.

Archive edition / 6 September 2026 / 24 pages

Read the field edition.

Issue 01’s research, essays and fieldwork guides. This PDF preserves the 6 September edition, including its team listing. The current team is listed separately.

Read the field edition (PDF, 31 MB)Current credits
Actual cover of Issue 01: The Public Act, Field Edition, dated 6 September 2026.
Published Field Edition / cover / 06.09.2026

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