The Prince Claus Fund Mobile Lab 2023

The Prince Claus Fund Mobile Lab will be held in Cairo, Egypt, from 16th to 19th of September 2023, where a dynamic program of public events will take place in collaboration with Tahayyuz and African Architecture Matters.

Program:

16 September | Public Symposium “Rethinking the Built Environment in the African Context: Ethics, Methods and Interdisciplinarity” | Salah el Din Citadel, Cairo

10:30-12:30

Panel One: on the Built Environment, discussing the necessity for participation, social justice, and non-extraction. Participants: architect, anthropologist, entrepreneur, and mentor of the Prince Claus Building Beyond Mentorship, Sename Koffi Agbodjinou; artist and mentor of the Prince Claus Building Beyond Mentorship, Ola Hassanain; and Ali Awni, professor of practice and director at The John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy, Civic Engagement and Responsible Business at The American University in Cairo (AUC).

12:30-14:00

Panel Two: Education, discussing the skills and knowledge needed to engage with the built environment. Participants: design researcher and architect Jiaxin Yan Gong; architect, DJ, and 2022 Prince Claus Seed Awardee Thelma Nbdele; journalist, co-founder, and chief editor of Mada Masr, Lina Atallah; and Senegalese Center for Art, Knowledge, and society, RAW Material Company.

15:00-16:30

Panel Three: Interdisciplinarity and Communication, discussing the necessity for a mindful language of communication between disciplines when dealing with the complex system of problems and opportunities of the built environment. Participants: performer and cultural activist Joy Mboya; architect Samir el-Kurdi; and cultural practitioner, independent curator, and mentor of the Prince Claus Building Beyond Mentorship, Hicham Bouzid.

17:00-18:00

Panel Four: Discussion, together with the public and focusing on the three topics discussed above. With May al-Ibrashy and architect, urbanist, and chair of the 2019 Prince Claus Awards Jury, Manuel de Rivero.

18 September | Workshops, Exhibition Opening, and Public Talk | Tahrir Cultural Center at the American University in Cairo

10:00-11:30

Workshop by African Architecture Matters: “Mapping Revisited: a critical look at mapping as a methodology for integrated urban development”.

12:00-13:30

Workshop by Ola Hassanain.

17:00-18:00

Exhibition Opening, featuring Prince Claus Award from the Arab Documentary Photography Programme (ADPP) and curated by 2015 ADPP Grantee Heba Khalifa and 2018 ADPP Mentor Randa Shaath.

18:00-20:00

Public Talk by Manuel de Rivero.

19 September | Public Talk | Tahrir Cultural Center at the American University in Cairo

19:00-20:00

Public Talk by Irma Boom.

To attend, please RSVP through the link https://princeclausfund.org/mobile-lab-egypt