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…
ProgramsARD AL-LIWA HOMES EXHIBITIONYear: 2017 Location: Artellewa Clients and Partners: Artellewa, Pro Helvetia, ETH Scope: Exhibition After investigating the architecture of informal settlements, the ETH Zurich Master of Advanced Studies Program in Urban Design at the Chair of Marc Angélil and directed by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes in collaboration with local partner CLUSTER, proposed new designs for…
ProgramsADVANCED INFORMALITY EXHIBITIONYear: 2017 Location: Institut français d’archéologie orientale – IFAO Clients and Partners: The French Institute, IFAO, Pro Helvetia, ETH Scope: Exhibition The ETH Zurich Master of Advanced Studies Program in Urban Design at the Chair of Marc Angélil and directed by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes initiated an investigation on informal settlements in Cairo in collaboration…
ProgramsDESERT CITIES BOOK LAUNCH AND PANEL DISCUSSIONYear: 2017 Location: Townhouse Gallery, Downtown Cairo Clients and Partners: Pro Helvetia, ETH Scope: Book launch and Panel discussion Cairo’s Desert Cities Editors: Marc Angélil and Charlotte Malterre- Barthes in collaboration with Something Fantastic and CLUSTER Book Launch and Panel discussion with: Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Director, MAS Urban Design David…
ProgramsHOUSING CAIRO BOOK LAUNCH AND PANEL DISCUSSIONYear: 2017 Location: The French Institute Clients and Partners: The French Institute, Pro Helvetia, ETH Scope: Book launch and Panel discussion Housing Cairo: The Informal Response Editors: Marc Angélil and Charlotte Malterre- Barthes in collaboration with Something Fantastic and CLUSTER Housing Cairo: The Informal Response is a publication that…
ProgramsMAKING THE SUSTAINABLE CITY CONFERENCEYear: 2017 Location: The French Institute Clients and Partners: The French Institute, UN-Habitat Scope: Conference The French Institute in Egypt (IFE) and its partners, UN-Habitat and CLUSTER, co-organized the conference “Making the Sustainable City – The Challenges of Urban Governance in an Expanding Megapolis,” which took place on 25, 26 and…
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…
ProgramsCRITICAL ARABIC URBAN LEXICON TRANSLATION WORKSHOPSYear: 2016 – Ongoing Location: CLUSTER Scope: Workshop The Critical Arabic Urban Lexicon (CAUL) translation workshops aimed to bring together experts, both academics and practitioners, in the fields of arts and design, architecture and urbanism, with a team of linguists and translation experts to develop lists of current terms that…
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…
ProgramsREAL CITY LABYear: 2016 Location: Berlin, Cairo, School of Fine Arts, Helwan University Client: TU-Berlin RealCityLab: Practice Orientation in Architectural Education The main objective of the RealCityLab project is to enhance the education quality, the curriculum and the teaching system of the Architecture Bachelor program of Faculty of Fine Arts in Egypt. New didactic tools…