ALONG THE LINE: ART, CULTURE & PLAY

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…

PROTOTYPE CITY: ALONG THE LINE

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…

MISAHA GARDEN

DesignMISAHA GARDENYear: 2017 Location: Dokki, Giza Client: Goethe Institut Scope: Research and Design As part of their plan to relocate from Downtown to the new site in Dokki, where their library is already situated, the Goethe Institut in Cairo is interested in contributing to the local community through a public space intervention promoting more diverse…

PHILIPS PASSAGEWAY

DesignWatch Video PHILIPS PASSAGEWAYYear: 2015 Location: Downtown Cairo Client: DEDI, CKU Scope: Research, Design and Implementation This project falls within the context of a broader research endeavor by CLUSTER, exploring the network of Cairo’s Downtown passages. These passageways offer an alternative framework for the development and revitalization of Downtown. Philips Passage is an L-shaped space…

KODAK PASSAGEWAY

DesignWatch Video KODAK PASSAGEWAYYear: 2014 Location: Downtown Cairo Client: DEDI, CKU Scope: Research, Design and Implementation This project falls within the context of a broader research endeavor by CLUSTER, exploring the network of Cairo’s Downtown passages. These passageways offer an alternative framework for the development and revitalization of Downtown. Cairo Downtown Passages aims to develop…

SAFE CITIES: BECAUSE I AM A GIRL, IZBAT KHAYRALLAH

DesignSAFE CITIES: BECAUSE I AM A GIRL, IZBAT KHAYRALLAHYear: 2014 Location: Izbat Khayrallah Client: UN-Habitat Scope: Research and Design The question of “safe cities” has become more pressing in Cairo during the past few years, as the rapid political and urban transformations create new realities in public space for all citizens, and for women in…

ARD AL-LIWA COMMUNITY PARK

DesignARD AL-LIWA COMMUNITY PARKYear: 2012 Location: Ard al-Liwa, Cairo Client: Ard al-Liwa Community Scope: Research and Design At the end of February 2012, the Ard al-Liwa community was confronted by the unexpected levelling of the sole remaining green space in the area, slated for a housing development. Recognizing the importance of the site as offering…