Since 2017, when the architects from urbanus identified Nantou as the focus for the Shenzhen – Hong Kong Biennale, several buildings have been transformed and adapted for present-day use requirements. In addition to urbanus, other architecture offices also worked in Nantou, including Neri & Hu, TAO, and Atelier Feichang Jianzhu who designed the Nantou Neighbourhood Centre. To do so, they transformed an urban block in the dense and organically developed centre that is largely dominated by free-standing three to eight-storey buildings with hardly any open space between them.