The 2015 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (2015 UABB), the world’s only biennale dedicated to the themes of urbanism and architecture, announced its highlight exhibits. Based in Shenzhen, one of China’s first Special Economic Zones, 2015 UABB will feature presentations from over 72 exhibitors from six continents who will all explore the theme “Re-Living The City”. Opening to the public on 4 December this year, 2015 UABB will take over the former Dacheng Flour Factory in Shekou, a declining factory complex built in 1980s that will be transformed into a multifaceted exhibition venue especially for the biennale.
2015 UABB is curated by four of the world’s leading architects, critics, and educators: Aaron Betsky, Alfredo Brillembourg, Hubert Klumpner, and Doreen Heng Liu. Renny Ramakers (Droog Foundation/Design+Desires), will contribute as a co-curator of the Biennale. Jason Hilgefort and Merve Bedir will be the curators of “Aformal Academy – RE: Learning the City”, a three-month laboratory of collaboratory learning set to investigate and speculate the built future.
2015 UABB explores the reimagining, repurposing, and remaking of our existing urban spaces and architecture. The biennale aims to show ways in which designers can work with people to make the city more useful, just, and sustainable. The biennale will be presented in five primary exhibitions: “Collage City 3D”, “Maker Maker”, “Pearl River Delta 2.0”, “Radical Urbanism”, and “Social City”. “Aformal Academy – RE: Learning the City” will be the educational platform for 2015 UABB. Exhibitors from different parts of the world will present new and innovative ideas of how we can build upon what already exists to create a more comfortable and efficient urban environment.
