The Kuala Lumpur-Nanjing-Hong Kong Roving Architecture Exhibition with the theme “Harmony in Diversity-Connecting the Metropolis by In-Between” held the official opening of its first exhibition on 22 July 2023, at the renowned heritage building Rumah Tangsi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“Harmony in Diversity-Connecting the Metropolis by In-Between” Kuala Lumpur-Nanjing-Hong Kong Roving Architecture Exhibition (the Roving Architecture Exhibition) is organised by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation (HKIABF) in partnership with The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA), with Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Lead Sponsor.The Roving Architecture Exhibition has three stops staging in three different cities, including the Kuala Lumpur Exhibition which is sponsored by the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, Jakarta and with the Malaysian Institute of Architects (Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia) as the supporting organisation, and the Nanjing Exhibition which is co-organised by Jiangsu Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce.
Curated by Ar. Professor Paul Chu, Ar. Jacky Cheung and Mr Kan Chan, the exhibition featured its first stop in Kuala Lumpur with 16 exhibits created by different professional groups and architects from Hong Kong.To echo the theme of the exhibition series, the curatorial team has paired up the exhibits for display in different zones with the aim of laying out the sharp contrast of the exhibition experience.An interactive display frame is specially designed and made for each set of exhibits to co-create more collaborations among the exhibits while allowing visitors to explore the exhibition with invisible boundaries.
The curatorial team adopted the “in-between” as the keyword of the exhibition theme and invited exhibitors from different generations to narrate the connection between architecture and urban space from the perspective of Hong Kong architects and to showcase Hong Kong’s distinctive architectural and urban conditions through mixed presentation channels such as metaverse technology, multimedia player, interactive installation and visual creativity.
According to the curatorial team, “Over the last 25 years, Hong Kong’s urban development model under the support of infrastructural expansion and innovations has revealed the ‘in-between’ conditions at different levels. The team hopes to illustrate that the unique urban landscape development of Hong Kong is combining various ‘in-between’ elements, contrasting while integrating, consistent yet everchanging. Meanwhile, it allows experts and the public to reflect on the development direction of Hong Kong in order to meet the future challenges in spatial planning.”
The Roving Architecture Exhibition has three stops staging in three different cities, the first stop in Kuala Lumpur has been successfully concluded. The next stop will move to Nanjing from 21 October to 7 November 2023 and then return to Hong Kong in the first quarter of 2024 with a response exhibition respectively.
