CAIRO DOWNTOWN PASSAGES SIGNAGE WORKSHOP

Adaptive Reuse of Heritage, Art As Urban Catalyst, Cairo, Creative Initiatives, Downtown, Downtown Regeneration, Interior & Furniture & product Design, PROGRAMS

ProgramsCAIRO DOWNTOWN PASSAGES SIGNAGE WORKSHOPYear: 2016 Location: CLUSTER Client: DEDI Scope: Workshop The signage workshop was part of CLUSTER’s ongoing Cairo Downtown Passageways project (see: http://clustercairo.org/cluster/design/cairo-downtown-passages-kodak-passage and http://passageways.clustermappinginitiative. org) towards the development of signage for CLUSTER’s planned re-design of a Downtown passageway, including passageway entrance signage, a framework for signage for the passageway interior, and…

RABBAT PROJECT: ROOFTOP

Adaptive Reuse of Heritage, Art As Urban Catalyst, Cairo, DESIGN, Downtown, Downtown Regeneration

DesignRABBAT PROJECT: ROOFTOPYear: 2016 – 2018 Location: Downtown Cairo Client: DEDI, CKU, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Scope: Research and Design The proposed pilot rooftop green space in downtown Cairo will be inaugurated as a public space hosting cultural and educational activities. The conceived renovation seeks to rectify structural problems, thus promoting the overall revitalization of this…

REAL CITY LAB

Adaptive Reuse of Heritage, Berlin, Cairo, Downtown Regeneration, Interior & Furniture & product Design, Pedagogical Frameworks, PROGRAMS

ProgramsREAL CITY LABYear: 2016 Location: Berlin, Cairo, School of Fine Arts, Helwan University Client: TU-Berlin RealCityLab: Practice Orientation in Architectural Education The main objective of the RealCityLab project is to enhance the education quality, the curriculum and the teaching system of the Architecture Bachelor program of Faculty of Fine Arts in Egypt. New didactic tools…

RABBAT PROJECT: AL FABRIKA

Adaptive Reuse of Heritage, Art As Urban Catalyst, Cairo, DESIGN, Downtown, Downtown Regeneration

DesignRABBAT PROJECT: AL FABRIKAYear: 2016 – 2018 Location: Downtown Cairo Client: DEDI, CKU, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Scope: Research and Design The Cairo Downtown Passages II project is anchored in the broader hypothesis that an injection of creative content and revitalization of real estate is key to the economic development of Downtown. This project proposes that…

CAIRO DOWNTOWN PASSAGES IFTAR IN KODAK PASSAGEWAY

Cairo, Community Participation, Creative Initiatives, Downtown, Downtown Regeneration, PROGRAMS

ProgramsCAIRO DOWNTOWN PASSAGES IFTAR IN KODAK PASSAGEWAYYear: 2016 Location: Kodak Passageway Client: DEDI Scope: Program This Cairo Downtown Passages iftar celebrated the renovation of the Kodak Passage and adjacent Philips Passage as part of CLUSTER’s Cairo Downtown Passages project, and inaugurated a new phase of CLUSTER’s passageway and adjacent green rooftop development, highlighting the role…

SMALL-SCALE MEASURES (GIZ)

Cairo, Community Participation, DESIGN, Environmental Approach, Informal Areas, Urban Informality

DesignSMALL-SCALE MEASURES (GIZ)Year: 2016 – 2018 Location: Saqiyat Mikki (Masakin Jazirat al-Dahab) Client: GIZ Scope: Research, Design and Implementation CLUSTER was commissioned by GIZ, Participatory Development Programme in Urban Areas (PDP), to implement Small-Scale Architectural Measures in informal areas to adapt to climate change in partnership with Giza Governorate, South Giza District. Between May 2016…

RE-FRAMING DOWNTOWN TOURS

Art As Urban Catalyst, Cairo, Creative Initiatives, Downtown, Downtown Regeneration, MAPPING, Pedagogical Frameworks

MappingRE-FRAMING DOWNTOWN TOURSPart of Creative Cities: Re-Framing Downtown Conference Year: 2015 Location: Downtown, Cairo Client: SUNY Foundation Scope: Mapping and Research As part of the Creative Cities: Reframing Downtown conference, CLUSTER presented six Downtown Tours. The tours aim to reveal alternative narratives of Downtown. The tours explored sites featured in Egyptian cinema and literature over…

FRENCH INSTITUTE MEDIATHEQUE

Adaptive Reuse of Heritage, Art As Urban Catalyst, Cairo, DESIGN, Downtown, Interior & Furniture & product Design

DesignFRENCH INSTITUTE MEDIATHQUEYear: 2015 Location: Mounira, Cairo Client: French Institute Egypt Scope: Interior Design The French Institute in Egypt occupies an early twentieth century palace in Mounira district, South of Downtown, housing both its administration and cultural facilities. Mediatheque (its public library) was remodelled in the 1990s adding a mezzanine floor to the spacious ground…

CREATIVE CITIES: RE-FRAMING DOWNTOWN

PUBLICATIONS

PublicationsCREATIVE CITIES: RE-FRAMING DOWNTOWNYear: 2015 The Creative Cities: Re-framing Downtown Cairo conference invited international examples of successful models of creative cities of relevance to the future development of downtown Cairo, and in dialogue with local stakeholders considered the role culture can play as a catalyst for development. Looking critically at the changes that have taken…