Venice Biennale 2006 Hong Kong Pavilion
Venice Italy
By Joshua Lau, Alvin Yip & Billy Tam
Curator for Hong Kong Pavilion
Completion Year 2006
HKIA Annual Awards 2006
Award for Members' Work Outside of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Debut at Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition
At VICE VERSA, each extrapolates two contexts with a singular move
Curators Alvin Yip, Joshua Lau, Billy Tam presented their vision. "Hostelling hot cash and volatile desires, Hong Kong is a unique creation in the history of city-making. Our first presentation at this most progressive architecture exposition is instrumental in constructing a discourse , to imagine new urban paradigms, tactics and identities for modern Chinese cities in a global age. At VICE VERSA, you'll find each exhibitor extrapolates two contexts with a singular move...".
All eight exhibitors have made presence to reveal to the world an unfamiliar portrait of Hong Kong, the group include CL3 Architects Ltd; Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Ltd; Rocco Design Ltd; Vito Bertin, Gu Daqing and Woo Pui-leng; Laurence Liauw with Videotage; Architecture Design and Research Group Ltd; Hong Kong Housing Authority; Wallace Chang.
威尼斯建筑双年展2006香港馆
意大利威尼斯
香港馆策展人
竣工年份 2006
香港建筑师学会年奖
会员境外作品奖2006
香港首度参与威尼斯建筑双年展
反之亦燃 城市越位 每一次越位都联系两处地方，每一组建筑作品都引伸出双重意义
三位策展人叶长安、刘柏坚和谭汉华在开幕礼上逐一介绍展品，并表示：「香港的城市建构是建筑史中的独特产物。我们重复抄写、试探、转让正是本地建筑物繁洐的习性，这有机的、下而上的发展策略亦正好对照欧美现代化中凌驾和统一的城市美学。威尼斯建筑双年展提供予本地建筑专才少有机会发挥与发展的设计内涵和视野，也是国内外论述全球化中中国城市设计的绝佳戏台。在『反之亦燃城市越位』展览中，每组建筑作品都引伸出双重意义。」
各参展单位代表均有出席开幕礼，包括：思联建筑设计有限公司；李景勋雷焕庭建筑师有限公司；许李严建筑师有限公司；柏庭卫、顾大庆及胡佩玲；廖维武联同录影太奇；建筑设计及研究所有限公司；香港房屋委员会；郑炳鸿。