DOWNTOWN ROOFTOPS

ResearchDOWNTOWN ROOFTOPSYear: 2016 Location: Downtown Cairo Scope: Research CLUSTER’s Downtown Rooftops research falls within the context of CLUSTER’s broader research endeavor exploring the network of downtown Cairo’s passageways, back alleys, side streets and in-between spaces as an alternative framework for the development and revitalization of Downtown. It is premised on exploring the semi-public spaces of…

RABBAT PROJECT: PASSAGEWAY

DesignRABBAT PROJECT: PASSAGEWAYYear: 2016 – 2018 Location: Downtown Cairo Client: DEDI, CKU, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Scope: Research and Design With a prime location between 26th of July and Sherif Streets, the Rabbat Passageway has the potential to provide facilities and workspaces missing in Downtown. The intervention in the Rabbat passageway seeks to renovate the infrastructure…

CAIRO DOWNTOWN PASSAGES SIGNAGE WORKSHOP

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

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…

RABBAT PROJECT: AL FABRIKA

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

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)

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

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

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…

THINK GLOBAL, BUILD SOCIAL

ProgramsTHINK GLOBAL, BUILD SOCIALYear: 2015 Location: Townhouse Gallery Client: Goethe Institut Scope: Exhibition and Public Panel Exhibition and panel discussion organized by CLUSTER and Goethe Institut. EXHIBITION Curated by Andres Lepik PANEL DISCUSSION With Andres Lepik (Museum of Architecture TU Munich), Anna Heringer (Studio Anna Heringer), Adel Fahmy (Modern Sciences and Arts University Cairo) and…