THINK GLOBAL, BUILD SOCIAL

ProgramsTHINK GLOBAL, BUILD SOCIALYear: 2015 Location: Townhouse Gallery Client: Goethe Institut Scope: Exhibition and Public Panel Exhibition and panel discussion organized by CLUSTER and Goethe Institut. EXHIBITION Curated by Andres Lepik PANEL DISCUSSION With Andres Lepik (Museum of Architecture TU Munich), Anna Heringer (Studio Anna Heringer), Adel Fahmy (Modern Sciences and Arts University Cairo) and…

CAIRO URBAN TOURS (CUT)

MappingCAIRO URBAN TOURS (CUT)Year: 2015 Location: Cairo Client: Egypt Urban Forum (EUF) Scope: Mapping and Research CUT — Cairo Urban Tours — explore areas, initiatives and pioneer projects in different parts of the city, featuring itineraries through Cairo’s typical urban conditions: the deteriorating urban core, encroaching informal areas, and expanding desert cities. Unveiling the characteristics…

STREET VENDORS INITIATIVE

ResearchWatch Video STREET VENDORS INITIATIVEYear: 2014 Location: Downtown Cairo Client: SUNY Foundation Scope: Research Street Vendors Initiative critically engages the issue of street vendors in Downtown, and aims at developing strategies and proposals for pilot areas that would address the needs and aspirations of the multiple users and stakeholders in Downtown streets and public space. …

ETH MAS URBAN DESIGN WORKSHOP I AND II

ProgramsETH MAS URBAN DESIGN WORKSHOP I AND IIYear: 2014 – 2015 Location: Cairo, Egypt Client: ETH Scope: Workshops CLUSTER and the MAS Urban Design Program, ETH-Zurich presented two 10 day workshops in Cairo which engaged international and local architectural students as well as designers/urbanists in a collaborative investigation of questions related to the theme Resistance…

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…

LEARNING FROM CAIRO

Digital PlatformsLEARNING FROM CAIROYear: 2013 Learning from Cairo, co-organized by CLUSTER (Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research) and the American University in Cairo, was an international symposium that sought to engage the current political and urban transformation unfolding in Cairo as a critical context for examining relevant international case studies and best…

LEARNING FROM CAIRO

ProgramsWatch Video LEARNING FROM CAIRO: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE VISIONS CONFERENCEYear: 2013 Location: AUC Tahrir Client: Ford Foundation Scope: Conference Learning from Cairo was a three-day international conference including plenary sessions, workshops, urban tours, website, and a publication. Learning for Cairo, co-organized by CLUSTER and the American University in Cairo, sought to engage the current…

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…