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The ancient city of the Greater Bay Area with a history of 1700 years
In the process of urbanization, it has gradually become an urban village!
No "demolition and construction"
How to transform the urban village and regenerate the ancient city?
Before the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
Nantou Ancient City is the seat of the Bao'an County Government
It is known as the root of the same origin in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao
Witness the past of the political, economic and cultural centre of Shenzhen and Hong Kong
In this episode, let's take a look at its gorgeous transformation ~
"Shenzhen has not only "culture", but also history.
2017
When people began to think about the future direction of Nantou Ancient City, in 2017, a group of artists and architects from home and abroad took the lead in using Nantou Ancient City as a testing ground for new public spaces.
2019
This is an unprecedented "ancient city revitalization + urban village transformation" experiment, and Nantou ancient city ushered in the first rebirth.
Stepping into the ancient city gate, people can immediately feel the new space with rich fashion elements, strong sense of design and full of cultural atmosphere.
2020
Tea houses, bars, inns, cultural and creative industries, art exhibitions, etc., more and more merchants are attracted to coexist with the cultural relics and sites in the ancient city that have been completely preserved. Since the opening of the street in August 2020, the annual traffic of Xinnantou Ancient City has exceeded 8 million people on average. A new round of transformation is imminent: should the first phase of the commercial transformation model be continued?
2023
In August 2023, the "Shenzhen Double Exhibition" once again came to Nantou Ancient City, this time the curators did not choose the two main streets that have been commercialized, but set up exhibitions in the alleys of urban villages with the most concentrated elements of daily life and the most violent spatial conflicts.
Curator Zhang Yuxing:
These works are completely integrated with the surrounding environment
Art installations
ART INSTALLATIONS
In order to allow residents to live harmoniously, the 2023 Biennale has carried out a micro-transformation of the ancient city of Nantou.
Each piece is understated.
" Many renovations focus on cultural tourism or business directions,
But Nantou Ancient City is a place of real life. ”
Topic: Construction of urban villages
Curator Han Jing: To optimize the construction of urban villages, it is necessary to introduce advanced things in the city. However, how to make "optimization" gradually become part of the natural growth of the entire space is a topic worth studying.
Sometimes people want to give it too many good things out of good intentions, but ignore whether it can withstand such a change.
Qian Yuan, President of Vanke Urban Research Institute: I think urban villages are particularly suitable for the development of the current society, and even the future society. Because it is fairer, without the cost of 100,000 yuan per square meter, you can live, go to school, work, date in one place on foot... Of course, out of this village, there is no problem with the flower world outside, so it is not outdated, but has something timeless in the city.
Choreographer: Zhang Shuting
Editor: Xie Yuanyi (Intern)