AW访谈:李翔宁+Jeffrey Johnson

李翔宁：我们这个展览从构思一开始就贯彻了一个非常重要的理念，就是所谓的城市边缘不仅仅只讨论—个实体性城市的问题，同时也必须兼顾到社会学意义上的城市边缘。也就是说这个边缘不仅仅是城市物理性的边界，同时也是边缘人群，边缘生活方式，边缘居住方式的一种概念。这是从中心和边缘对立的关系出发来讨论的。

In the AW Interview, Venue B co-curator, Academic Director Li Xiangning explains that his curatorial vision for ＂urban borders＂ not only includes actual boundaries within the city, but also social boundaries created through cultural and life style differences. The goal of the case studies exhibited at Venue B is to promote further discussion about the relationship between ＂center＂ and ＂periphery＂ as physical and metaphorical ways of ordering cities, knowledge and relationships. For his own thinking, Li cites the influences of sociologist Richard Sennet and critical urbanist, Dana Cuff. Indeed, to situate this discussion in broader perspective, a multi-disciplinary group of participants has been invited to Venue B to develop a critical perspective on the conditions of urban boundaries. Li also hopes that this edition of the Biennale will highlight the historic specificity that informs and shapes contemporary Chinese architecture and urban planning, which in turn, would make salient the particular contributions that contemporary Chinese architects can make to the development of architecture as a global practice.