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Stories and perspectives from Partnerz Studio.

What the Grey City Needs: Cairo’s Free Space

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A grayscale Cairo skyline carries the question ‘What the Grey City Needs?’ and the label ‘16 Cairo’s Free Space’ in the studio’s original cover artwork.

Grayscale Cairo skyline cover artwork with the question What the Grey City Needs and a Cairo’s Free Space label.

Architecture and education

Graphical presentation. Architectural language.

Ahmed Batea shared a lecture on graphical presentation and architectural language with the Architecture and Urban Design Program at the German University in Cairo.

Ahmed Batea presenting to an architecture audience beside a projected image of the Nile.
A conversation about architecture, representation and the city.
German University in Cairo lecture poster for Ahmed Batea, Graphical presentation, Thursday 28 November 2024.
Graphical presentation — A way to perform your architectural language. German University in Cairo, 28 November 2024.

Studio collaborations

Working together.

A signing moment from the studio archive, documenting the people and conversations behind a collaboration.

A studio signing moment with three people seated behind a flower-covered table.
A signing moment from the studio archive.
Two people shaking hands in front of an event backdrop.
A moment of exchange from the studio archive.
Two people holding a presentation folder in front of an event backdrop.
People and conversations behind a collaboration.

Presentations and events

Architecture in conversation.

An architectural presentation shared with a live audience. The studio archive records a moment of discussion on stage.

An architectural presentation on stage with a large project image and a seated audience.
Presenting architectural ideas to a live audience.
An architectural presentation with a speaker and a large projected image.
Sharing a design approach through architectural images.