urbanUPLIFT

Installation for HKSZ Biennale

openUU

Hong Kong, China

2012

openUU was invited to create an installation at the 2012 Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture. The streets of Hong Kong are filled with a catalogue of urban artifacts that serve as amenities and destinations for the everyday citizen. In urbanUPLIFT, a selection of these oft-forgotten elements of the everyday (street vendors, stalls, pagodas, gardens, billboards, newsstands) are combined to form an urban furniture. Situated within a man-made landscape of natural elements - Kowloon Park, urbanUPLIFT is a transplant of urban elements featuring a garden of artificial green.

Collaborators:
Edward Yujoong Kim, Kevin Lim