ProgramsWatch Video LEARNING FROM CAIRO: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE VISIONS CONFERENCEYear: 2013 Location: AUC Tahrir Client: Ford Foundation Scope: Conference Learning from Cairo was a three-day international conference including plenary sessions, workshops, urban tours, website, and a publication. Learning for Cairo, co-organized by CLUSTER and the American University in Cairo, sought to engage the current…
ProgramsCairo Urban Initiatives Platform (CUIP) WORKSHOPSYear: 2012-2013 Location: Cairo, Egypt Client: Ford Foundation Scope: Community Networking CUIP is a community based, user-generated interactive map, directory and shared calendar of events for art, culture, architecture, advocacy, urban development and interdisciplinary initiatives and organizations based in Cairo. CLUSTER’s idea for the Cairo Urban Initiatives Platform (CUIP: www.cuipcairo.org)…
ProgramsARTISTS AS URBAN CATALYSTSYear: 2012 Location: Goethe Institut, Cairo Client: Ford Foundation Scope: Public Panel This panel discussion explored the role that artists and arts organizations are playing in the development of Downtown Cairo. A direct dialogue between representatives of Al-Ismaelia for Real Estate Investment and The American University in Cairo with artists and cultural…
ProgramsWatch Video BASURAMA: URBAN SOLID WASTEYear: 2012 Location: Cairo, Egypt Client: Spanish Embassy Scope: Workshop CLUSTER collaborated with the Spanish Collective Basurama and Elnamla Cultura Resources during the 2012 Ramadan period on an Urban Solid Waste workshop at the Townhouse Gallery. Local architects, urban artists and the zabaleen (traditional trash collecting community) explored the structural…