collective city exhibition opens at shenzhen's biennale of urbanism\architecture

collective city exhibition opens at shenzhen’s biennale of urbanism\architecture
all images courtesy of alexander eisenschmidt

visionary cities project — led by alexander eisenschmidt — has just opened their exhibition ‘collective city’ at the bi-city biennale of urbanism and architecture in shenzhen, china. the work explores the spatial, organizational, and material ingenuities born from necessity in our rapidly urbanizing global communities. ‘collective city’ is a curation of several hundred urban inventions; from gibraltar’s street-runway, to the bygone stilt houses of biscayne bay. opposite, a large curved wall displays a massive panorama that composes all inventions into one drawing, the global ‘collective city’. 

exterior view of installation

visitors viewing the panorama

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a collection of urban ingenuities that serve as a global source-book for innovation and improvisation 

panorama drawing of a global and collective city, describing different forms of architectural urbanism 

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edited by: nick brink | designboom