ProgramsALEXANDRIA TRAM MAPPING WORKSHOPSummer School ProgramYear: 2025 Location: Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University Scope: Research Mapping and Creative Outcomes The Tram: A Witness to the City’s Memory For over a century, the tram has crossed the streets of Alexandria, functioning not just as a mode of transportation, but as a crucial thread in the…
ProgramsEMPOWERING THE INFORMAL CITYClimate Justice in Cairo’s Self-Built NeighbourhoodsYear: 2025 Location: Ard al-Liwa Client: Creative Industries Fund NL Scope: Workshops “Empowering the Informal City” addresses issues of climate change to enhance the environmental performance in informal areas based on local solutions. Supported by the Create Industries Fund in the Netherlands, it includes a series of…
ProgramsSOCIAL FURNITURE WORKSHOPAgouza Children’s ParkYear: 2025 Location: Ard al-Liwa Client: The Austrian Cultural Forum Scope: Workshops As public spaces around Agouza were being redesigned and repurposed over the past few years, the old and deteriorated public benches in these spaces have been accumulating in the Children’s Park in Agouza. Therefore, after the success of the…
ProgramsVisit Grounded Urban Practices Website PARALLEL PROGRAM – WORLD URBAN FORUM (WUF) 12Year: 2024 Location: Cairo, Egypt Client: Creative Industries Fund Scope: Urban Tours, Exhibition, Booth & Roundtable Discussion Early November the 12th World Urban Forum took place in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Parallel to the official event, CLUSTER (Cairo) and Loom (Amsterdam/Rotterdam) hosted an…
ProgramsTAJREEDA EXHIBITION – PALM REEDS CRAFTSYear: 2024 Location: VeryNile, Cairo Client: Wealth Inequality Initiative by Julius Baer Foundation Scope: Product Design and Manufacture Exhibition As part of Bridging Inequality through Creative Economy in Informal Areas (BICEIA), this project aimed to integrate the designers and manufacturers in Cairo’s formal economy with the artisans and craftspeople in…
ProgramsWatch Video KAWEELA EXHIBITION – CARPENTRY METALWORK FURNITURE DESIGNYear: 2024 Location: Egypt Designers School, Cairo Client: Wealth Inequality Initiative by Julius Baer Foundation Scope: Product Design and Manufacture Exhibition As part of Bridging Inequality through Creative Economy in Informal Areas (BICEIA), this project aimed to integrate the designers and manufacturers in Cairo’s formal economy with…
ProgramsCLUSTER TALKSYear: 2016 – ongoing Location: Cairo Scope: Talks, screenings, and workshops As part of CLUSTER’s ongoing educational training programs and commitment to knowledge dissemination, CLUSTER Talks introduces CLUSTER staff, extended team, and network of interns to current issues and critical themes by inviting academics, practitioners, experts, as well as CLUSTER’s own members to share…
ProgramsWatch Video REVIVING SIGNAGE TECHNIQUESBridging Inequality through Creative Economy in Informal Areas (BICEIA)Year: 2023 – 2024 Location: Port Said & Giza Client: Wealth Inequality Initiative by Julius Baer Foundation Scope: Design and Implementation As part of Bridging Inequality through Creative Economy in Informal Areas (BICEIA), the project aimed to train and build the capacity of artisans and…
ProgramsINFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: URBAN GREEN II WORKSHOPYear: 2023 Location: Ard al-Liwa Client: the Dutch Embassy Scope: Workshops The Urban Green II workshop gathers architecture students to design small-scale urban interventions in the informal settlement of Ard al-Liwa. The workshop took place in ALFABRIKA Creative Lab and Makerspace in Ard al-Liwa. The concept designs aim to…
ProgramsWatch Video Visit Facebook Page Visit Instagram Page ALONG THE LINE: ART, CULTURE & PLAYWon the Cairo Design Award 2024 in the Architecture and Landscape CategoryYear: 2023 Location: Giza, Egypt Scope: Program The opening of the Along-the-Line was planned around a series of events/ activities that would unleash the full potential of the project elements…