ProgramsWatch Video INFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: URBAN GREEN WORKSHOPYear: 2021 Location: Ard al-Liwa Scope: Workshops Cairo, as most cities in the Global South, is largely produced informally, posing questions about the role of architects and designers in shaping their cities. The project aims at bringing together architects, designers and art students along with craftspeople and artisans,…
PublicationsMAPPING URBAN INFORMALITY IN TANGIERYear: 2021 Location: Tangier, Morocco Client: AFAC Scope: Mapping and Research “Mapping Urban Informality in Tangier: Four Itineraries across the Formal-Informal Interface” is a mapping project by CLUSTER Cairo and Think Tanger that aims at understanding the relationship between formality and informality in the city of Tangier. Through prevailing themes such as…
MappingMAPPING URBAN INFORMALITY IN TANGIERYear: 2021 Location: Tangier, Morocco Client: AFAC Scope: Mapping and Research “Mapping Urban Informality in Tangier: Four Itineraries across the Formal-Informal Interface” is a mapping project by CLUSTER Cairo and Think Tanger that aims at understanding the relationship between formality and informality in the city of Tangier. Through prevailing themes such…
PublicationsMAPPING URBAN HERITAGE IN TUNISYear: 2021 Location: Tunis, Tunisia Client: AFAC Scope: Mapping and Research Mapping Urban Heritage in Tunis: Four Walking Itineraries in the Old City aims at exploring the complex historical urban landscape of Tunis through a number of lenses: social, economic, cultural and architectural. It recognizes and attempts to fill a gap between…
Digital PlatformsCREATIVE URBAN INITIATIVES PLATFORM (CUIP) TUNISYear: 2021 The Creative Urban Initiative Platform, CUIP, is a community-based, user-generated interactive map and directory of art, culture, architecture, advocacy, urban development and interdisciplinary initiatives and organizations. CUIP also provides a calendar of events by emerging initiatives focusing on the city and public space. CUIP Cairo was launched…
MappingMAPPING URBAN HERITAGE IN TUNISYear: 2021 Location: Tunis, Tunisia Client: AFAC Scope: Mapping and Research Mapping Urban Heritage in Tunis: Four Walking Itineraries in the Old City aims at exploring the complex historical urban landscape of Tunis through a number of lenses: social, economic, cultural and architectural. It recognizes and attempts to fill a gap…
ProgramsDESIGN THINKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONSYear: 2021 Location: Cairo, Egypt and Islamabad, Pakistan Scope: Program Design Thinking for Environmental Solutions aims to research, design and prototype solutions to environmental challenges in cities in the Global South through digital workshops, in collaboration between CLUSTER, Cairo and IEI, Islamabad. The fellowship was open to 1st and 2nd year…
DesignCENTRAL BANK OF EGYPTYear: 2021 Location: Downtown Cairo Client: Central Bank of Egypt – Concept Proposal Scope: Renovation, Development and Implementation Built in 1903, the original structure was designed in a rusticated Neo-Baroque style by Dimitri Fabriculus. Its stone exterior is ornamented by a pediment above the main portal, cornices, balustrades, columns and an intricate…
ProgramsWatch Video CREATIVITY IN ACTION: RESTORING SIGNAGE TRADITIONSYear: 2021 Location: Mansoura Scope: Workshops As part of the Creativity in Action project supported by Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies (DICE) to promote creative and social enterprises, CLUSTER’s ALFABRIKA carried out its second workshop “Restoring Signage Traditions” in Mansoura on Feb 4th- 6th 2021. In collaboration with…
Digital PlatformsGROUNDED URBAN PRACTICESYear: 2021 CLUSTER is glad to announce the launch of “Grounded Urban Practices (GUPs) by CLUSTER and Non-Fiction. This study contains an in-depth investigation of the work of GUPs in several countries, based on an extensive research and several meet-ups with a selected number of GUPs in many cities. The research focused…