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…
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 DESIGN, CRAFT, BRAND: FAYOUM WORKSHOPYear: 2019 Location: Fayoum Scope: Workshops As part of the “Design, Craft, Brand” project, CLUSTER and Peacock for Art organized the “Design, Craft, Brand: Fayoum palm reed workshop” in collaboration with local partner FAODA. The project is supported by the Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies, DICE program. The workshop…
ProgramsWatch Video SCAVENGING JUNK, MAKING FURNITURE: UPCYCLING WORKSHOPYear: 2019 Location: Alfabrkia, Ard al-Liwa Scope: Workshops The objective of the first up-cycling workshop, “Scavenging Junk, Making Furniture,” was to engage artisans, introduce new applications of production, and experiment with functional designs while using waste materials in practical pieces of furniture. This second workshop in “cluster makes”…
DesignMUGAMMA REVISITEDYear: 2019 Location: Downtown, Cairo Client: Mada Masr Scope: Design The government administrations housed in the infamous Mugamma building at Tahrir Square are most likely set to be replaced by a luxurious hotel, while the square itself is being renovated. Amid the digitizing of many government services and the relocation of core government functions…
DesignBIKE LANES IN DOWNTOWN CAIROYear: 2019 Location: Downtown, Cairo Client: UN-Habitat Scope: Research and Design Greater Cairo, a megacity of approximately 18 million, faces daunting traffic jams and severely polluted air. Responding to the city’s transport challenges, the Cairo governorate (an administrative region, similar to a state or province), in partnership with the United Nations…