ProgramsWatch Video COMMUNITY CARE VEHICLEYear: 2024 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 Industries…
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…
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 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 and set example to the park’s…
ProgramsENGAGING CONTESTED PUBLIC SPACE IN KARACHIYear: 2023 Location: Karachi, Pakistan Client: The British Council in Pakistan Scope: Workshops This workshop resulted from a partnership between Numaish Karachi, CLUSTER- Cairo, and THISS Studio- London, with the support of the British Council, and was hosted by the Architecture Department at NED University. Building on the expertise of all…
DesignFacebook PageInstagram PageWatch Video PROTOTYPE CITY: ALONG THE LINEWon the Cairo Design Award 2024 in the Architecture and Landscape CategoryYear: 2022 Location: Agouza, Giza Client: British Council Scope: Design and Implementation The Along-the-Line project is designed and implemented by CLUSTER, with the support of the British Council in Egypt as part of “Prototype City;” an…
ProgramsSOUND MAPPING EXHIBITIONYear: 2022 Location: ALFABRIKA and ALGAMALON, Ard al-Liwa Partners: for Cities and GIS Friends Scope: Urban Sound Exhibition CLUSTER is pleased to announce the opening of the “Sound Mapping” exhibition, displaying the outcome of a five-day workshop held between the 25th to the 30th of July 2022 at ALFABRIKA in Ard al-Liwa. Both…
ProgramsWatch Video INFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: URBAN SHUTTERS WORKSHOPYear: 2021 Location: Ard al-Liwa Scope: Workshops Cairo, as most cities in the Global South, is largely produced informally, posing questions about the role of architects and designers in shaping their cities. The project aims at bringing together architects, designers and art students along with craftspeople and artisans,…