Newsletter
At the Macao’s collection of buildings from
Modernism’s golden age – spanning the
exuberant Art Deco of the 1920s to the
Corbusier inspired minimalism of the
1930s and the chunky concrete Brutalism of
the 1950s and beyond […]
Newsletter #1 – Macao Portuguese School
The territory of colonial Macao was about
15 km², including two additional land
portions, the islands of Taipa and Coloane.
However, the islands were geographically
separated in the 1960s, […]
Newsletter #2 – Taipa-Coloane Road
The conception of this housing complex
occurred during the 1960s establishing
a series of residential units intended to
accommodate the senior municipal staff
of Macao. Considering Macao’s residential
problem in terms of accommodation for
civil servants, this building is noteworthy
(MBIT, 1968, 8-10). […]
Newsletter #3 – The Flora Tower
The current Macao Health Centre, Conde
S. Januário, has a history dating back to
the 19th century when it was a military
hospital. However, Macao’s history of military
healthcare dates back to 1569 with the
foundation of St Raphael Hospital to treat
the poor. […]
Newsletter #4 – Macao’s Military Hospital
The 1870 project at the hospital, overseen
by Captain Dias de Carvalho, entrusted the
Baron of Cercal with responsibility for the
architectural elements. This initiative was
subsequently revisited during the 20th
century. The significance of the facility was
formally acknowledged in 1919 […]
Newsletter #5 – Hospital S. Januário
In the early 1960s, the Association for the
Promotion of Macanese Education (APIM)
commissioned a new building for the Pedro
Nolasco Commercial School (now Escola
Portuguesa de Macau). This replaced the old
Collegio Commercial, which was established
in Macau in 1878, and subsequent facilities
in Calçada da Gamboa. […]
Newsletter #6 – Escola Comercial Pedro Nolasco
Initially named the Macau-Taipa Bridge,
the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge
connects the Macau Peninsula to the
Taipa and Coloane islands. Designed by
the Portuguese engineer Edgar Cardoso,
construction began in June 1970 and finished
in October 1974. […]
Newsletter #7 – Macau-Taipa Bridge
LabourMap-Macao is an Exploratory Project funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2023.14980.PEX).
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