UABB highlights cities' green development

The Ninth Bi-City Biennale of UrbanismArchitecture (UABB) will be officially open to the public in Shenzhen on Sunday, with its main exhibition venue located at what used to be Kingway Brewery in Luohu District. It will run until March 12, 2023.

Six subvenues have been set up in Qianhai, Nantou Ancient Town in Nanshan District, International Low Carbon City in Longgang District, Dalang Fashion Town in Longhua District, Dawan Ancestral Residence in Pingshan District and Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone.

Themed “Urban Cosmologies,” the three-month exhibition in Shenzhen is jointly curated by architecture and urban planning scholar Lu Andong, young architect Wang Zigeng and design curator Aric Chen.

It highlights the green and sustainable development of contemporary cities, cities’ strategies to address climate change, and exploration of a path toward harmonious coexistence between human and nature.

A group of reporters are invited to preview UABB’s main exhibition venue at the GDH City•Jinpi Fang (Kingway Brewery Industrial Heritage) in Luohu District on Thursday. Photos by Zhang Yu

Reporters preview UABB’s main exhibition venue at the GDH City•Jinpi Fang (Kingway Brewery Industrial Heritage) in Luohu District on Thursday.