2024-05-04T07:41:30-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/85450315/shenzhen-biennale-explores-postindustrial-urbanism Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2013-10-31T18:23:00-04:00 >2013-11-04T22:14:40-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/x3/x3qbxyvstdvz8u4u.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> The 5th&nbsp;<a href="http://www.szhkbiennale.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB)&nbsp;</strong></a>will reflect on southern China's rapidly developed recent past, while focusing attentions on its postindustrial future. Co-organized by Shenzhen and Hong Kong, the biennale presents a variety of international studies on urbanism, through architectural, ethnographic and artistic means. True to its future-focus, the biennale will renovate former industrial sites to use as venues, including an old waterfront warehouse and a former glass factory.</p> <p> Shenzhen's rapid urban growth began in 1979, when the Chinese government named the small village a "special economic zone" for manufacturing and employment. Since then, the city has been flushed with Chinese and foreign investments, primarily in manufacturing -- now, Shenzhen aims to develop more service industries and away from its fast-earned industrial past.</p> <p> <strong>UABB </strong>purports to be the only biennale in the world devoted entirely to urbanism and urbanization, and&nbsp;will be held from Dec...</p>