Macau Master Plan: What vision and what rules?

The Rui Cunha Foundation and the Docomomo Macau is inviting you to participate in the Round Table under the theme “Macau Master Plan: What vision and what rules?”, [Plano Director de Macau: Que visão e que regras?] at the FRC Gallery, Thursday, November 26 at 6:30 pm. “The Master Plan, presented for public consultation in September and October 2020, comes after several decades in which Macao has been the subject of several urbanization outbreaks managed with a laissez-faire attitude, sometimes accompanied by Detailed Plans for new landfills , but always in the absence of holistic planning instruments that address social,…

5th Docomomo Macau Seminar: How to extend the Life of Buildings

Docomomo Macau is inviting you to participate in the 5th Docomomo Macau Seminar: How to extend the Life of Buildings, with Sheridan Burke & Imon Sharif as our speakers, moderated by Ricky Leong. Opening Session starts at 17h45 on November 24 , presented by Docomomo Macau Heritage Assessement Task Force: Presentation of the Rainha D Leonor & Escola Portuguesa de Macau Assessement Reports. “A good building is much more than a functional materialization. It contains the trinity that durability and beauty add to use. So what choices does it face when its function is unplugged or its durability comes into…

Guidelines for submitting the 2019/2020 Homework

Dear Docomomo Chapters, Due to the exceptional circumstances of COVID-19, we are extending the deadline of June 1st to August 15th, 2020. A plan for new documentation homework has been approved in the last Council Meeting, August 30th, 2018 (Ljubljana, Slovenia), proposed by the ISC/Registers. With the aim of moving forward to the documentation of conservation good practices, Docomomo Working Parties (WP) have to submit: Working Parties that already have submitted 30 Documentation Fiches and uploaded 50 sites to MOMOVE: (a) 1 fiche for 2019 and 1 fiche for 2020, on an example of Good Conservation Practice. Download the template here: link, and here: link. (b) A bibliography with 5-10 publications (books or articles) on Modern Movement…

Heritage Conservation Assessment

Docomomo Macau is organising a lecture on Heritage Conservation Assessment: Conservation Management Plan in Hong Kong, on the 3rd of April, 2019. The invited speaker is architect Tony Lam and the moderation of the lecture will be done by Tiago Rebocho. Admission is free and the conference will be held in English. Time: 19h00, 3rd of April, 2019 Venue: Auditorium, C & C Club, Macau The poster can be found here.

Students Competion: Descovering Manuel Vicente

Challenge: This competition aims to focus on single built works designed by Manuel Vicente. The students are invited to get acquaintance with the present work and then to produce a critique, a new vision as a personal or team journey throughout one architectonic work. This competition is about building up a new interpretation and creating synergies between architecture and new spectators. Students are ought to respond by means of an audiovisual output. Who can participate: All students from all fields of study can and should participate. Participants can enter individually or collectively. Important dates: 01 April-30 June: Free registration 01 July: Submission…

Launch: Macau – Reading the Hybrid City – Discovering Manuel Vicente

The Fundação José Saramago, in partnership with Docomomo International, Docomomo Macau and the Ordem de Arquitectos, will host the book launch for a new publication by Docomomo Macau, entitled “Macau: Reading the Hybrid City” on September 3rd, 2016, at 18:00. This catalogue is the result of research undertaken by Docomomo Macau about the work of architect Manuel Vicente, originating from the desire to reflect on his oeuvre, from the point of view of those who worked with him, sharing their creative process and strategies developed during his practice in Macau. Taking place at the Fundação José Saramago, the launch will…

Launch: Macau – Reading the Hybrid City – Discovering Manuel Vicente

The Rui Cunha Foundation and Docomomo Macau presented, on July 7th 2016, the catalogue “Macau: Reading the Hybrid City”. This work is the result of research undertaken by Docomomo Macau about the architect Manuel Vicente, compiling all the material produced for a series of conferences and the exhibition “Descobrir Manuel Vicente”. This book originates from the desire to reflect on Vicente’s work, from the point of view of those who worked with him, sharing the creative process, thoughts and strategies they developed during his practice in Macau. The result of his different interventions are presented in this document as a…

Exhibition: Discovering Manuel Vicente, an architectural exhibition

Exhibition: Discovering Manuel Vicente, an architectural exhibition Opening:September 10th 2015 (THUR) 12:00 – 20:00 Period :September 10th 2015 – October 10th 2015 Local: Macau Design Center, Exhibition Gallery, 1st floor, 5, Travessa da Fabrica, Macau Free Admission “docomomo Macau and Macau Design Center present “Discovering Manuel Vicente”: An Architectural Exhibition. Throughout four decades, the intervention of Architect Manuel Vicente has had an extensive contribution to the reflection on the city in Macau, both at the level of Architecture, Urbanism and the role of the Architect in responding to the constant challenges of a changing society. The dimension of his intervention, which…