AI reboots urban memory with the LANdline Project at UABB 2025

When situationism meets AI and the dialogue across time

In a city that changes in the blink of an eye, how do we perceive local history and future potential? Can technology be more than just a tool? Can it serve as a catalyst that guides us into a cross-temporal dialogue with our urban memories?

This question lies at the heart of the LANdline Project Oil Street. Making its debut at the 2025 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB 2025), this project harnesses the computational power of AI to reinterpret the concept of Situationism. It invites the audience to explore the time dimension of Hong Kong’s North Point and its urban evolution.

LANdline Project Oil Street is the second work in the LANdline Project series. By diving deep into the historical timeline of the exhibition site, North Point, it reinterprets the traditional spatial framework of Psychogeography. The work will be exhibited at Oi! (Oil Street Art Space) during UABB 2025, inviting visitors to traverse a century of North Point’s history and offering a new perspective for actively participating in the dialogue about the city’s future.

Upon entering the exhibition and picking up the receiver, visitors embark on a three-act immersive experience:

Through this work, we hope to explore the potential of AI in architecture, curation, and urban research. We attempt to use technology as a poetic medium to deepen the emotional connection between the public and their environment, helping them realize that a city is not a rigid product, but an organic carrier that can be collectively discussed and reshaped.

Tim Wong, co-founder of Loftwork Taiwan, was a featured speaker at the UABB 2025 “Tech Sunday” lecture series. During the session titled “Digital Commons and Tech-enabled Community Infrastructure,” he shared in-depth insights on the topic of “Dynamic Systems for Urban Resilience.”

His talk focused on utilizing technologies to build a more resilient urban future. Through a series of case studies, Wong illustrated how these tools can enable decentralized community economies, participatory governance, and robust infrastructure systems in cities.

Together with fellow speakers Federico Ruberto and HKU lecturer Han Hsi Ho, Wong discussed how technology can endow cities with greater adaptability and resilience.

The Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB) is a premier international platform that connects professionals and the public to explore future visions for urban life.

This year’s theme, TECHFORMANCE (Technology + Performance), invites us to see architecture not just as static buildings, but as a live, interactive performance. Transforming the city into a dynamic urban testing ground, the event brings together 29 global teams—ranging from AI artists to sustainable designers—to explore how humans and technology can co-create the future, while ultimately asking the question: “What Really Matters?”

“LANdline Project” redefines exploration. An experiment by Loftwork Taiwan and FabCafe Taipei, it fuses voice guidance, virtual characters, and AI to move beyond functional map navigation into the realm of psychological navigation—a journey guided by mood and dialogue.

We envision LANdline as a living framework, ready to inhabit new cities and spaces. From art festivals to community placemaking, wherever stories linger in alleyways and resident memories, our interactive mechanism creates a bridge.

Our hope is to inspire a new wave of urban storytelling experiments. We offer no fixed answer for what LANdline will become; instead, we wait for every city and every alleyway to reveal its own unique reply.

Interested in collaborating with us on the LANdline Project? Contact us!