PublicationsHOUSING CAIROYear: 2016 Housing Cairo: The Informal Response, edited by Marc Angélil and Charlotte Malterre-Barthes in collaboration with CLUSTER and Something Fantastic, offers a lens into the urban development of Cairo and the practices that have shaped it. Home to 20 million people and still growing, Greater Cairo mirrors the global phenomenon of unplanned urban…
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…
ProgramsETH MAS URBAN DESIGN WORKSHOP I AND IIYear: 2014 – 2015 Location: Cairo, Egypt Client: ETH Scope: Workshops CLUSTER and the MAS Urban Design Program, ETH-Zurich presented two 10 day workshops in Cairo which engaged international and local architectural students as well as designers/urbanists in a collaborative investigation of questions related to the theme Resistance…
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…
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…
DesignARD AL-LIWA COMMUNITY PARKYear: 2012 Location: Ard al-Liwa, Cairo Client: Ard al-Liwa Community Scope: Research and Design At the end of February 2012, the Ard al-Liwa community was confronted by the unexpected levelling of the sole remaining green space in the area, slated for a housing development. Recognizing the importance of the site as offering…
ProgramsWatch Video BASURAMA: URBAN SOLID WASTEYear: 2012 Location: Cairo, Egypt Client: Spanish Embassy Scope: Workshop CLUSTER collaborated with the Spanish Collective Basurama and Elnamla Cultura Resources during the 2012 Ramadan period on an Urban Solid Waste workshop at the Townhouse Gallery. Local architects, urban artists and the zabaleen (traditional trash collecting community) explored the structural…