Programs
ProgramsDESIGN THINKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONSYear: 2021 Location: Cairo, Egypt and Islamabad, Pakistan Scope: Program Design Thinking for Environmental Solutions aims to research, design and prototype solutions to environmental challenges in cities in the Global South through digital workshops, in collaboration between CLUSTER, Cairo and IEI, Islamabad. The fellowship was open to 1st and 2nd year…
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…
ProgramsWatch Video CREATVITY IN ACTION: ENHANCING VISUAL IDENTITYYear: 2020 Location: Ard al-Liwa Scope: Workshops As part of the Creativity in Action project supported by Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies (DICE) to promote creative and social enterprises, and in partnership with DUCO, CLUSTER’s ALFABRIKA carried out its first Urban Shutters workshop on December 25th- 27th 2020.…
ProgramsDESIGN COMPETITION: TOWARDS SAFER COMMUTINGYear: 2020 Location: Ard al-Liwa Scope: Program CLUSTER’s ALFABRIKA launched its first design competition in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the consequent changes and restrictions impacting our social practice and perception of public space. This was a call for creative design solutions to address health and safety concerns in the…
ProgramsWatch Video DESIGN, CRAFT, BRAND: SOCIAL FURNITURE WORKSHOPYear: 2019 Location: Ard al-Liwa Scope: Workshops This workshop, the fourth under the ‘CLUSTER MAKES’ initiative (a series organized by CLUSTER-ALFABRIKA) has a two-fold goal. It aims to map out small crafts and furniture manufacturing workshops to understand the broader landscape of creative industries in Ard al-Liwa and…
ProgramsWatch Video DESIGN, CRAFT, BRAND: FAYOUM WORKSHOPYear: 2019 Location: Fayoum Scope: Workshops As part of the “Design, Craft, Brand” project, CLUSTER and Peacock for Art organized the “Design, Craft, Brand: Fayoum palm reed workshop” in collaboration with local partner FAODA. The project is supported by the Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies, DICE program. The workshop…
ProgramsCAIRO DOWNTOWN PASSAGES IFTAR IN KODAK PASSAGEWAYYear: 2016 Location: Kodak Passageway Client: DEDI Scope: Program This Cairo Downtown Passages iftar celebrated the renovation of the Kodak Passage and adjacent Philips Passage as part of CLUSTER’s Cairo Downtown Passages project, and inaugurated a new phase of CLUSTER’s passageway and adjacent green rooftop development, highlighting the role…
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…
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…