The Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (UABB) features hundreds of exhibitors from around the world as they explore topics of city development and life. Held in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, the UABB is Asia’s most prestigious architecture, design and urban planning event.

    Housed in the former Dacheng Flour Mill built in 1980 in Shekou, the biennale’s Shenzhen part explores the reimagining, repurposing and remaking of the existing urban spaces and architecture, showing ways in which designers can work with people to make the city more useful and sustainable.

    With the theme of “Re-living the City,” the Shenzhen event emphasizes the life of the people in a city while attributing a kind of sentience to the city itself. “‘Living’ suggests that it is an ongoing project that belongs to everyone, every day,” said Aaron Betsky, one of the curators of the UABB (Shenzhen).

    The UABB (Shenzhen) also features the “Pearl River Delta 2.0” sector curated by Doreen Heng Liu, “Radical Urbanism” curated by Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner, “Maker Maker” curated by Benjamin Ward and “Social City” curated by Renny Ramakers. Each of the curators has charted a different approach to the theme “Re-Living the City.”

    “Maker Maker” explains how new tools of production are spurring a democratic renewal of craft, turning everyone into a potential maker.

    Thematic pavilions include institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Shenzhen Institute of Interior Design at the Dacheng Flour Mill.

    Dates: Until Feb. 28

    Venue: Dacheng Flour Mill, Shekou, Nanshan District (南山区蛇口大成面粉厂)

    Metro: Shekou Line, Shekou Port Station (蛇口港站), Exit D(SD News)