In one of the most rapidly urbanizing regions in the world, how has the superblock shaped the urban landscape of the PRD? With its unique history of large-scale urban development, especially during the past three decades, the PRD provides an abundant source of superblock projects for research and analysis. Hong Kong, with its influences rooted in a colonial past and with Great Britain, provided early models of superblock development that were easily adapted in the emerging cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan, and for new growth of historical cities like Guangzhou. As the PRD region has rapidly grown and prospered over the past few decades, the superblock has become the dominant model of urban development. What distinguishes these models from those in other regions in China and elsewhere? How have the superblocks evolved over the past few decades? What kind of urban condition have they created? The exhibition compares and contrasts 16 superblocks, 8 from each Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

The exhibition was curated by Jeffrey Johnson with Stephen Chou and Jiteng Yang.