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…
MappingCAIRO DOWNTOWN PASSAGEWAYSYear: 2012 Location: Downtown Cairo Client: SUNY Foundation Scope: Mapping and Research CLUSTER’s Cairo Downtown Passageways website and publication offer a vision to reimagine Downtown Cairo and its intricate network of passageways, alleyways and in-between spaces as a framework for urban regeneration. Downtown Cairo was partially modeled after European cities in the late…