Design

PROTOTYPE CITY: ALONG THE LINE

Art As Urban Catalyst, Cairo, Community Participation, Creative Initiatives, DESIGN, Environmental Approach, Interior & Furniture & product Design, Landscape & Public Space Design

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…

CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT

Adaptive Reuse of Heritage, Art As Urban Catalyst, Cairo, Creative Initiatives, DESIGN, Downtown, Downtown Regeneration, Interior & Furniture & product Design

DesignCENTRAL BANK OF EGYPTYear: 2021 Location: Downtown Cairo Client: Central Bank of Egypt – Concept Proposal Scope: Renovation, Development and Implementation Built in 1903, the original structure was designed in a rusticated Neo-Baroque style by Dimitri Fabriculus. Its stone exterior is ornamented by a pediment above the main portal, cornices, balustrades, columns and an intricate…

SMALL-SCALE MEASURES (GIZ)

Cairo, Community Participation, DESIGN, Environmental Approach, Informal Areas, Urban Informality

DesignSMALL-SCALE MEASURES (GIZ)Year: 2016 – 2018 Location: Saqiyat Mikki (Masakin Jazirat al-Dahab) Client: GIZ Scope: Research, Design and Implementation CLUSTER was commissioned by GIZ, Participatory Development Programme in Urban Areas (PDP), to implement Small-Scale Architectural Measures in informal areas to adapt to climate change in partnership with Giza Governorate, South Giza District. Between May 2016…

FRENCH INSTITUTE MEDIATHEQUE

Adaptive Reuse of Heritage, Art As Urban Catalyst, Cairo, DESIGN, Downtown, Interior & Furniture & product Design

DesignFRENCH INSTITUTE MEDIATHQUEYear: 2015 Location: Mounira, Cairo Client: French Institute Egypt Scope: Interior Design The French Institute in Egypt occupies an early twentieth century palace in Mounira district, South of Downtown, housing both its administration and cultural facilities. Mediatheque (its public library) was remodelled in the 1990s adding a mezzanine floor to the spacious ground…

ECOHOUSE

Cairo, DESIGN, Environmental Approach, Exhibition Curation Design

DesignECOHOUSEYear: 2015 Location: Al-Azhar Park, Cairo Client: Embassy of Denmark, State of Green, UN-Habitat Scope: Research, Design and Implementation The question of eco-friendly architecture and sustainable development has been at the center of academic debate, design interventions, and public policies in cities around the world over the past two decades. In Egypt, these questions have…

CIMATHEQUE

Adaptive Reuse of Heritage, Art As Urban Catalyst, Cairo, DESIGN, Downtown, Downtown Regeneration, Interior & Furniture & product Design

DesignCIMATHEQUEYear: 2013 Location: Adly Street, Downtown Cairo Client: Cimatheque – Film center Scope: Renovation, Development and Implementation Cimatheque is an alternative film center dedicated to celebrating the diversity, beauty and power of film from the region and beyond. Cimatheque is located in Downtown Cairo, in an important historical building with pronounced Art Deco features. In…