Digital PlatformsLEARNING FROM CAIROYear: 2013 Learning from Cairo, co-organized by CLUSTER (Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research) and the American University in Cairo, was an international symposium that sought to engage the current political and urban transformation unfolding in Cairo as a critical context for examining relevant international case studies and best…
ResearchARCHIVING THE CITY IN FLUXYear: 2013 Location: Downtown Cairo Scope: Research Archiving the City in Flux examines new modes of informal urban interventions in public space that have emerged in Cairo since January 2011. During this time a breakdown of the security apparatus has led to a state of unprecedented fluidity in the city. These…
ProgramsWatch Video LEARNING FROM CAIRO: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE VISIONS CONFERENCEYear: 2013 Location: AUC Tahrir Client: Ford Foundation Scope: Conference Learning from Cairo was a three-day international conference including plenary sessions, workshops, urban tours, website, and a publication. Learning for Cairo, co-organized by CLUSTER and the American University in Cairo, sought to engage the current…
PublicationsARCHIVING THE CITY IN FLUXYear: 2013 Archiving the City in Flux: Cairo’s Shifting Urban Landscape Since the January 25th Revolution examines new modes of informal urban interventions in public space in Cairo that have emerged since January 2011. During this time a breakdown of the security apparatus has led to a state of unprecedented fluidity…
DesignCIMATHEQUEYear: 2013 Location: Adly Street, Downtown Cairo Client: Cimatheque – Film center Scope: Renovation, Development and Implementation Cimatheque is an alternative film center dedicated to celebrating the diversity, beauty and power of film from the region and beyond. Cimatheque is located in Downtown Cairo, in an important historical building with pronounced Art Deco features. In…
DesignDOUM CULTURE HOUSEYear: 2012 Location: Abdeen, Cairo Client: Doum Culture Foundation Scope: Renovation and Development (Concept) As an emerging cultural foundation promoting critical thinking and literary culture, DOUM Foundation was interested in finding a location Downtown within the historical context to be re-modelled to the needs and programs of its mandate. The chosen site is…
DesignCINEMA RIALTOYear: 2012 Location: Al-Fajjala, Cairo Client: Natik Awayez and Linnea Carlsson Scope: Renovation and Development (Concept) Rialto Cinema represents the peak of the film industry in Egypt in the 1930s and 40s and is located in al-Fajjala, which in the twentieth century was a middle class, culturally vibrant and ethnically mixed district. With the…
ProgramsARTISTS AS URBAN CATALYSTSYear: 2012 Location: Goethe Institut, Cairo Client: Ford Foundation Scope: Public Panel This panel discussion explored the role that artists and arts organizations are playing in the development of Downtown Cairo. A direct dialogue between representatives of Al-Ismaelia for Real Estate Investment and The American University in Cairo with artists and cultural…
MappingCAIRO DOWNTOWN PASSAGEWAYSYear: 2012 Location: Downtown Cairo Client: SUNY Foundation Scope: Mapping and Research CLUSTER’s Cairo Downtown Passageways website and publication offer a vision to reimagine Downtown Cairo and its intricate network of passageways, alleyways and in-between spaces as a framework for urban regeneration. Downtown Cairo was partially modeled after European cities in the late…