ProgramsINFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: URBAN GREEN II WORKSHOPYear: 2023 Location: Ard al-Liwa 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 address the problematic relationship…
ProgramsWatch Video ALONG THE LINEYear: 2023 Location: Giza, Egypt Scope: Program The opening of the project 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 administration in order to have the knowledge necessary to plan future activities. CLUSTER’s selection of…
DesignFacebook PageInstagram PageWatch Video PROTOTYPE CITY: ALONG THE LINEYear: 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 urban program experimenting with new ideas to promote civic engagement in…
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,…
ProgramsWatch Video INFORMALITY AS CREATIVITY: URBAN GREEN 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,…
MappingMAPPING URBAN INFORMALITY IN TANGIERYear: 2021 Location: Tangier, Morocco Client: AFAC Scope: Mapping and Research “Mapping Urban Informality in Tangier: Four Itineraries across the Formal-Informal Interface” is a mapping project by CLUSTER Cairo and Think Tanger that aims at understanding the relationship between formality and informality in the city of Tangier. Through prevailing themes such…
Digital PlatformsCREATIVE URBAN INITIATIVES PLATFORM (CUIP) TUNISYear: 2021 The Creative Urban Initiative Platform, CUIP, is a community-based, user-generated interactive map and directory of art, culture, architecture, advocacy, urban development and interdisciplinary initiatives and organizations. CUIP also provides a calendar of events by emerging initiatives focusing on the city and public space. CUIP Cairo was launched…
MappingMAPPING URBAN HERITAGE IN TUNISYear: 2021 Location: Tunis, Tunisia Client: AFAC Scope: Mapping and Research Mapping Urban Heritage in Tunis: Four Walking Itineraries in the Old City aims at exploring the complex historical urban landscape of Tunis through a number of lenses: social, economic, cultural and architectural. It recognizes and attempts to fill a gap…
ProgramsWatch Video CREATIVITY IN ACTION: RESTORING SIGNAGE TRADITIONSYear: 2021 Location: Mansoura Scope: Workshops As part of the Creativity in Action project supported by Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies (DICE) to promote creative and social enterprises, CLUSTER’s ALFABRIKA carried out its second workshop “Restoring Signage Traditions” in Mansoura on Feb 4th- 6th 2021. In collaboration with…