The Biennale venue is at the Central Police Station Compound. Built in the middle 19th century during the early years of Hong Kong’s colonial period, this historical compound is an important cluster of listed monuments in Central that once housed the police force, judiciary and prison systems within.

Prison Cells, B Hall

The exhibition, divided into 6 sections – Mapping Fabric, Building Fabric, Modelling Hong Kong, Networking Cities, Transforming Fabric and Envisioning Fabric – celebrates the venue’s intricate spaces and sequences fabricated through the interweaving of buildings and spaces and the placement of exhibits.

Riken Yamamoto

Visitors are invited to come and experience this valuable cultural heritage and at the same time learn more about and reflect on recent interesting and hot topics – from how to redevelop Wanchai’s Lee Tung Street, Sai Ying Pun or Shek Kip Mei factories, how to envision Kai Tak or Central’s harbourfront, how Hong Kong’s hidden citizens assemble their wandering homes, how ghost festival bamboo theatres appear, to the charged infrastructures of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge, and conflicts between cultural preservation and urban renewal in Beijing during the 2008 Olympics.

Prison Courtyard

Renowned architects and prominent members of the creative professions have also been invited to host a series of lectures, forums, workshops and guided tours, to share with visitors and enrich their knowledge on both local cultural history and raise public awareness in the role of architecture in urban redevelopment. In addition, more activities are also taking place at the Cattle Depot Artist Village, Fringe Club and Mackie Study.

The Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture
Date: January 10th – March 15th, 2008
Open: 12:00 – 18:00 (Closed on Monday)
Place: Central Police Station Compound
Address: 10 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 9644 8211
https://www.hkszbiennale.asia