Plano de Expansão da Cidade de Macau (Areia P. e Porto E.) [Macau City expansion plan], Macau, China (1982)

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People:

Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Alvaro Siza (architect)

Title:

Plano de Expansão da Cidade de Macau (Areia P. e Porto E.) [Macau City expansion plan], Macau, China (1982)

Date:

1981-2012

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

307 photographic materials
63 drawings (including 31 reprographic copies)
1 map
0.2 l.m. of textual records

Scope and content:
This project series documents the Plano de Expansão da Cidade de Macau (Areia P. e Porto E.) in Macau, China. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 16/80. The office assigned the date 1982 to this project.

Macau is a Chinese-Portuguese peninsula near the Pear River Delta on the south coast of China. After 1950, the speedy industrial growth caused massive waves of immigration and created housing problems. Macau's governement wanted to reorganize the urban landscape in order to readapt the territory to the economic and political realities. Siza was hired by the P&T Group as part of a team of specialist-consultants to rethink the districts of Areia Preta and Porto Exterior. A first proposal was submitted in 1984. The proposed plans were accepted by the authorities years later, but never realized due to the construction of hotels and casinos instead of housing.

Documenting this project are studies, plans and project site plans. Textual materials include project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models and project site. These materials date from 1981-2012.

Reference number:

AP178.S1.1983.PR08

Arrangement:
Materials in this project series were compiled from multiple accessions. Within each accession, materials were arranged by Álvaro Siza’s office and have been kept in this order.

Credit line:
When citing the collection as a whole, use the citation: Álvaro Siza fonds, Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

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