First published at RedBox Review. Text by Robin Peckham The 2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture, affectionately known as “shuang shuang zhan” to its devotees, is now open in full force across a number of sites in Shenzhen. Projects span a range of methodologies, curatorial frameworks, and goals, not to mention venues: [...]
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Good, Bad, and Ugly at the 2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Architecture of the WEAK!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Text by Robin Peckham As mentioned previously, one of the densest and most ambivalent projects in the 2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture is the “Bug Dome” pavilion installed on the outdoor space northeast of the Shenzhen Civic Center. The sculptural space is designed by WEAK! Architects, a collective consisting of Hsieh [...]
Biennial as Limit
Monday, December 7, 2009
Text by Robin Peckham The 2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (not to be confused with the similarly named but politically distinct 2009 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture on the southern side of the border) opened yesterday in the environs of the Shenzhen Civic Center. Extraordinarily distributed and only [...]
