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Research into food, water and cultivated materials, alongside landscape drawings, installations and methods for studying public space.Browse the projects

Food · water · materials · public space
ProjectCollective lifeFeatured author / Anindita Shrivastava

Food Park

A study connecting homes, food spaces and public life, with an interactive planner to explore which food programmes might suit a place.

Editorial illustration / Field Assembly
Explore projectNeighbourhood framework + Food Space Planner
ProjectTerritoryFeatured author / Nishtha Gupta

Resilient Metropoles

A coastal city study connecting development decisions, water movement and urban growth through models and physical water tests.

Editorial illustration / Field Assembly
Explore projectSix-part simulation and water-testing sequence
ProjectMatterFeatured author / Hemant Jindal

Skin Machine

Twenty-five original plates document condition tests, composites, scaffolds, shrinkage, kinetic frames, inflation, stitching and an unbuilt cellulose-growing system.

Editorial illustration / Field Assembly
Explore project25-plate Material Failure Atlas
Field notePublic fieldworkPublished by / Field Assembly

Public Experiments

A postcard campaign account, a printable seating survey and ideas for local fieldwork.

Editorial illustration / Field Assembly
Read field noteTake a Seat pack + Field Kit

Drawings & material studies

From landscape to installation.

Selected work by Carole El Danaf
Project referencesSources, full credits and related tools
Publication record
001 / Food Park
Research study / Published research note. Complete project credit: Anindita Shrivastava. Research material: A neighbourhood study and an interactive food-space planner. Focus: Growing, sharing, cooking and composting are treated as one civic spatial system. Published material: Spatial framework published; Working browser planner; Sources and research limits. Related materials: Neighbourhood framework + Food Space Planner.
002 / Resilient Metropoles
Research study / Published territorial study. Complete project credit: Ashwin Rajendran, Nishtha Gupta and Sidharth Tayal. Research material: Six original project figures and a source-linked public studio presentation. Focus: Public investment, developer behaviour, water movement and spatial form are framed as one metropolitan relationship. Published material: Six original project figures; Economic model and physical water tests; Public presentation source; Full research-team credits. Related materials: Six-part simulation and water-testing sequence.
003 / Skin Machine
Research study / Material research atlas. Complete project credit: Arya Gupta, Hemant Jindal, Muna Abbas and Zeinab Muneam. Research material: Twenty-five original plates across five experiment families. Focus: Drying, deformation and failure become active fabrication decisions. Published material: Twenty-five original project plates; Five experiment families; Open protocol and failure atlas. Related materials: 25-plate Material Failure Atlas.
004 / Public Experiments
Public-practice method / Fieldwork guides and campaign account. Complete project credit: Field Assembly. Research material: A printable survey pack with guidance on keeping records. Focus: Public action is documented through question, encounter, response and consequence. Published material: Print-ready public action pack; Browser field-sheet builder; Sourced field-question register. Related materials: Take a Seat pack + Field Kit.

Three practical tools

Use the methods in your own work.

Field Kit, Food Space Planner and the Take a Seat action pack turn questions into plans, actions and records.

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Research material, tools and sources available in this edition.

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Original Skin Machine archive plates published

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Groups of material experiments

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Working browser tools: Food Space Planner + Field Kit

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Print-ready Take a Seat field-action pack

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Background report on Navtlughi Silo

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Source-linked person records across research, practice and awards

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Field-action protocol for recording artefacts and public response

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