ProgramsWatch Video KAWEELA EXHIBITION – CARPENTRY METALWORK FURNITURE DESIGNYear: 2024 Location: Egypt Designers School, Cairo Client: Wealth Inequality Initiative by Julius Baer Foundation Scope: Product Design and Manufacture Exhibition As part of Bridging Inequality through Creative Economy in Informal Areas (BICEIA), this project aimed to integrate the designers and manufacturers in Cairo’s formal economy with…
ProgramsCLUSTER TALKSYear: 2016 – ongoing Location: Cairo Scope: Talks, screenings, and workshops As part of CLUSTER’s ongoing educational training programs and commitment to knowledge dissemination, CLUSTER Talks introduces CLUSTER staff, extended team, and network of interns to current issues and critical themes by inviting academics, practitioners, experts, as well as CLUSTER’s own members to share…
MappingINFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: MAPPING CREATIVE INDUSTRIESYear: 2022-23 Location: Giza, Egypt Client: Dutch Embassy Scope: Mapping and Research Similar to most cities in the Global South, Cairo – a megacity of 20 million- is largely produced informally, posing questions about the role of architects and designers in the making of their cities. The Informality as Creativity…
Digital PlatformsCLUSTER MAPPING INITIATIVEYear: 2024 CLUSTER Mapping Initiative is a project by the Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research, as part of CLUSTER’s mandate for critical engagement in the city and public space through urban research, programs and design interventions. The CLUSTER Mapping Initiative documents and analyzes tangible and intangible urban elements, and seeks to…
MappingCLUSTER MAPPING INITIATIVELaunch Year: 2022 Location: Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Amman, Tunis, Tangier Scope: Mapping and Knowledge Exchange Platform CLUSTER Mapping Initiative is a project by the Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research, as part of CLUSTER’s mandate for critical engagement in the city and public space through urban research, programs and design interventions. The…
ResearchCONTEXTUALIZING CREATIVITY, RECOGNIZING INFORMALITY: ON CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN EGYPTYear: 2023 Location: Cairo, Egypt Scope: Research Client: British Council While the definition of “creative industries” remains elusive, this study attempts to articulate a local scope of its sub-sectors through historicizing and contextualizing its various categories. Currently organized under different ministries and state authorities, creative industries in…
ProgramsINFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: URBAN GREEN II WORKSHOPYear: 2023 Location: Ard al-Liwa Client: the Dutch Embassy Scope: Workshops The Urban Green II workshop gathers architecture students to design small-scale urban interventions in the informal settlement of Ard al-Liwa. The workshop took place in ALFABRIKA Creative Lab and Makerspace in Ard al-Liwa. The concept designs aim to…
ProgramsWatch Video ALONG THE LINE: ART, CULTURE & PLAYWon the Cairo Design Award 2024 in the Architecture and Landscape CategoryYear: 2023 Location: Giza, Egypt Scope: Program The opening of the Along-the-Line was planned around a series of events/ activities that would unleash the full potential of the project elements and set example to the park’s…
CLUSTER TalksIntellectual Property Rights in EgyptYear: 23 September 2024Eman SalehVice President of the Patent Office and Trainer at the National Intellectual Property AcademyFatma SamirExecutive Director of the National Intellectual Property Academy The Patent Office, through the National Intellectual Property Academy and in collaboration with the Academy for Innovation Marketing and Research Outputs and Technology Transfer…
ProgramsENGAGING CONTESTED PUBLIC SPACE IN KARACHIYear: 2023 Location: Karachi, Pakistan Client: The British Council in Pakistan Scope: Workshops This workshop resulted from a partnership between Numaish Karachi, CLUSTER- Cairo, and THISS Studio- London, with the support of the British Council, and was hosted by the Architecture Department at NED University. Building on the expertise of all…