LOCALIZING SDGs IN AFRICAN CITIES

ResearchLOCALIZING SDGs IN AFRICAN CITIESYear: 2019 Location: Cairo, Egypt and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Scope: Research This action-research project attempts to critique and propose alternative and more grounded approach to localizing SDGs in African cities, focusing on Cairo and Dar es Salaam. In 2015, a series of international standards and guidelines was formulated by national…

MUGAMMA REVISITED

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…

EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE EXHIBITION

ResearchEGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE EXHIBITIONYear: 2019 Location: Egypt Scope: Research This exhibition aims to offer a different perspective to the question of Egyptian heritage in general, and modern architecture and urban heritage in the particular. It raises two critical issues: heritage as a verb, and as a site of contestation. Starting from an understanding of heritage…

GROUNDED URBAN PRACTICES: CAIRO AND AMSTERDAM/ROTTERDAM

ResearchGROUNDED URBAN PRACTICES: CAIRO AND AMSTERDAM/ROTTERDAMYear: 2019 Location: Cairo, Amsterdam/Rotterdam Client: Creative Industries Fund NL Scope: Research Grounded Urban Practices (GUPs) refer to alternative initiatives engaging cities and public space that have emerged over the past decade in response to economic and political shifts. They engage space as an agent for change, an approach known…

BIKE LANES IN DOWNTOWN CAIRO

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…

GUPs IN CAIRO AND AMSTERDAM ROTTERDAM

PublicationsGROUNDED URBAN PRACTICES IN CAIRO AND AMSTERDAM ROTTERDAMYear: 2019 This study contains an in-depth investigation of the work of GUPs in both countries, based on an extensive research and several meet-ups with the selected GUPs in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Cairo. The research focused on 1) the roots and reasons behind their emergence; 2) their structure…

THE ART OF MAKING WORKSHOP

ProgramsWatch Video THE ART OF MAKING WORKSHOPYear: 2019 Location: Alfabrkia, Ard al-Liwa Scope: Workshops The Art of Making: Design, Fabricate, Assemble and Learn workshop, in partnership with Beverly Hills German School – 25 June 2019. Alfabrika Creative Lab, aims at bringing students and young designers together with local craftsmen through an ongoing exchange between design…

CREATIVE INITIATIVES: ECONOMIC IMPACT ON DOWNTOWN CAIRO

PublicationsCREATIVE INITIATIVES: ECONOMIC IMPACT ON DOWNTOWN CAIROYear: 2018 This Creative Initiatives Toolkit offers stakeholders and researchers alike a guide to measuring the economic impact of the independent arts and culture sector as a segment of the creative sector on a district, in this study, downtown Cairo. Through an economic impact assessment of the arts on…

AMMAN STAIRWAYS

Digital PlatformsAMMAN STAIRWAYSYear: 2018 The Amman Stairways Mapping Project builds upon on earlier archives and databases developed by local art, architecture and urban communities in Amman, as well as research practices developed by CLUSTER in collaboration with the Center for Spatial Research (CSR) and Studio-X Amman at the Columbia Global Centers | Amman. The project…