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…
ProgramsWatch Video EMPOWERING 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…
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…
DesignVisit Parallel Program – World Urban Forum (WUF) 12 GROUNDED URBAN PRACTICES TODAYPARALLEL PROGRAM – WORLD URBAN FORUM (WUF) 12Year: 2024 Location: Giza, Egypt Client: Creative Industries Fund Scope: Exhibition Design & Curation This exhibition was part of a Parallel Program curated and designed by CLUSTER and Loom during the 12th World Urban Forum; it…
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…
Digital PlatformsCLUSTER MAPPING INITIATIVEYear: 2024 CLUSTER Mapping Initiative is a project by the Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research, as part of CLUSTER’s mandate for critical engagement in the city and public space through urban research, programs and design interventions. The CLUSTER Mapping Initiative documents and analyzes tangible and intangible urban elements, and seeks to…
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…
DesignCheck Short Animation COMMUNITY CARE VEHICLEYear: 2023 Location: Ard al-Liwa, Giza Client: Creative Industries Fund Scope: Research, Design, and Implementation Community Care Vehicle (branded in Arabic as “Rescue on Wheels”) is a project designed and implemented by CLUSTER, in collaboration with AP+E studio and Studio Rene Boer in the Netherlands, and supported by the Creative…