Abstract
With the aim of contributing to the documentation and conservation of the modern architectural heritage, this paper presents Monteiro & Giro Complex (M&G), built during the 50’s in Quelimane, Mozambique, with the goal of stressing the modernity of the social program and the technological approach. If one wants to gain a better understanding of the worldwide Diaspora of architectural modernism, it is essential to document and analyse the important heritage of sub–Saharan Africa. Modern architectural debates have been reproduced, transformed, contested and sometimes even improved in distant lands and overseas territories. These contradictory aspects of Modernist practice are revealed in the programmatic, technological and structural M&G industrial Complex.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Modern urban design, Monteiro & Giro Complex, Mozambican modern architecture, Modern diaspora.

Issue 43
Year 2010
Pages 70-73
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/43.A.2BIF8AUU