CLUSTER TalksMaadi, Garden Utopia: Desires of Exclusion in a Cairo SuburbYear: 2026Abigail Toomey Abigail Toomey, is a recent Master’s graduate from the NYU Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies and the editor of Almusafir magazine. She is interested in interdisciplinary approaches to questions of space, land sovereignty, and urban geography. Her work examines spatial politics…
MappingMAPPING THIRD SPACE IN HOUSING MICRO-DISTRICTS, SAMARKANDYear: 2026 Location: Samarkand, Uzbekistan Client: British Council Central Asia Scope: Mapping Workshop In collaboration with Art Station, Dona Kulmatova, Anastasia Galimova (Uzbekistan), and Elisa Wynne-Hughes (Cardiff University, UK), CLUSTER conducted a mapping workshop in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with the support of the British Council and hosted by the Samarkand…
CLUSTER TalksMaking Away from Home: Work, Curiosity, and Craft in a New CountryYear: 2026Asem Kamal This talk reflects on the experience of working and making in a country that is not one’s own. During his residency in Philadelphia, he navigated unfamiliar systems, spaces, and rhythms—learning how place reshapes process. Making by hand became a way…
CLUSTER TalksCairo Design Week: Inside the Design BubbleYear: 2026Hana Sayed Hana Sayed, an architect at CLUSTER, obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Engineering from the German University in Cairo, with international academic experience in Berlin and Stuttgart. Her design approach is grounded in sustainability, cultural and contextual continuity, and user-centered spatial practices, seeking to merge…
MappingVisit Website MAPPING VISUAL URBAN CULTURE, IN LAHOREYear: 2025 Location: NCA, Lahore Client: National College of Arts Triennale Scope: Mapping Workshop and Exhibition CLUSTER was invited to lead a mapping workshop at the National College of Arts (NCA) Triennale in Lahore, commemorating its 150th anniversary. The workshop on mapping urban visual culture in Lahore was…
DesignFacebook PageInstagram PagePERGOLA ARTS THEATREHonorable Mention, Cairo Design Award 2025 — Architecture and Urban Design (Realized Landscape)Year: 2025 Location: Agouza, Giza Client: British Council and Art Jameel Scope: Design and Implementation Pergola is a project designed and implemented by CLUSTER, in partnership with THISS Studio (London) and Orient Productions, with the support of Art Jameel…
ProgramsALEXANDRIA TRAM MAPPING WORKSHOPSummer School ProgramYear: 2025 Location: Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University Scope: Research Mapping and Creative Outcomes The Tram: A Witness to the City’s Memory For over a century, the tram has crossed the streets of Alexandria, functioning not just as a mode of transportation, but as a crucial thread in the…
ProgramsWatch Video Visit Website EMPOWERING THE INFORMAL CITYClimate Justice in Cairo’s Self-Built NeighbourhoodsYear: 2025 Location: Ard al-Liwa Client: Creative Industries Fund NL Scope: Workshops “Empowering the Informal City” addresses issues of climate change to enhance the environmental performance in informal areas based on local solutions. Supported by the Creative Industries Fund in the Netherlands, it…
ProgramsSOCIAL FURNITURE WORKSHOPAgouza Children’s ParkYear: 2025 Location: Ard al-Liwa Client: The Austrian Cultural Forum Scope: Workshops As public spaces around Agouza were being redesigned and repurposed over the past few years, the old and deteriorated public benches in these spaces have been accumulating in the Children’s Park in Agouza. Therefore, after the success of the…
CLUSTER TalksParadoxical Union: the Meeting of the “Less” and the “More” in Nasr CityYear: 27 February 2025Omar Khaled Omar Khaled Mohamed, a visual artist and multidisciplinary architect at CLUSTER, obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Engineering from the American University in Cairo in 2023. Believing in the intersection of duty towards the city and its…