Project Summary | 活動簡介

As a city famous for gambling and tourism, Macau attracts countless people from all over the world each year. However, compared with the new developments in Cotai and other parts of the city, today's Inner Harbour docklands seem to be a forgotten corner, so cold and cheerless that people feel distressed. Looking at the Inner Habour dockland today, it is hard to imagine that it was once the most prosperous area in Macau. Perhaps only the modern buildings built here in the 1950s and 1960s can tell this history. These buildings grew up with the brilliant period of the area, experienced all kinds of wind and rain together, and also fell silent together with the Inner Habour. Therefore, the establishment of cultural connection map will revive these modern buildings in people's memory, and deepen their understanding of the Inner Habour docklands history and its connections with the modern buildings of the 1950s and 1960s.

With the theme of "Lives in Between: Macau Modern Architecture", we have established a cultural connection map by comparing the Inner Habour in the last century and today. Through interviews with people in the community and the collection of words, old documents and images, the inner port in the prosperous period and the surrounding communities can be recreated, so as to discuss the reasons for the decline of the inner port and the feasibility of revitalizing the lustre of the inner port.

Taking the modern architecture in the community as the theme, it aims to show the connection between modern architecture and people in the contemporary community. Through the description of the modern architecture in the inner port area, it can arouse the resonance of the public to the inner port area and draw more people's attention to the problems in the inner port area. In addition, as the leading role of the Inner Habour architecture in the 1950s and 1960s, we also hope to inspire people to understand the relationship between buildings and people from a more comprehensive perspective and encourage the public to think about the relationship between buildings, communities and people from a more humanistic perspective.

The project “Lives in Between: Macau Modern Architecture Ecosystem” looks into Macau’s living spaces and places in the context of its evolution as a diverse and multi-layered city from the past into the current modern city. By focusing on ten Modern Architectural Heritage buildings in Macau, and by interweaving them into the local historical, social, and cultural fabric, it contributes to the better understanding of the significance of modern heritage sites. It intends to promote public awareness towards the conservation of significant Modern Architectural Heritage of Macau and its living context through a seminar, an exhibition, and an immersive walking tour.

澳門以博彩旅遊業聞名于世界，每年吸引無數遊客來澳門一擲千金。然而，相對於路氹新型娛樂場的繁榮，如今的內港碼頭區，仿佛被遺忘在某個角落，冷清得讓人心疼。內港碼頭區的現狀已經讓人很難想象到它曾經是澳門最繁華的地區，或許只有建立於二十世紀五十年代或六十年代的現代建築才能訴說這段歷史吧。這些建築伴隨著內港的輝煌時期共同成長，與內港一起經歷了各種風雨，也與內港一起歸於沉寂。因此，文化聯繫地圖的建立將使這些現代建築重新出現在人們視野，通過描畫現代建築與上世紀五六十年代的聯繫來加深大眾對內港的了解。

我們將以“我遊我城：社區中的現代建築”為主題，通過上世紀和如今內港的對比來建立文化聯繫地圖。通過對社區人群的採訪，對文字、檔案和圖像的收集，重現繁榮時期的內港及其周圍社區，從而來討論內港衰落的原因及重煥內港光彩的可行性。

以社區中的現代建築為主題，旨在表現當代社區中現代建築與人之間的聯繫，透過對內港地區現代建築的描述從而引起大眾對內港地區的共鳴，使更多人關注內港地區的問題。除此之外，我們亦希望可以啟發人們能以更全面的角度去認識建築物與人之間的聯繫，並鼓勵大眾以一個更人文的角度去思考建築物、社區、及人之間的關係。

澳門現代主義的建築背後都有著自已的獨特故事，這些故事尤其與當年澳門的民生息息相關，例如見證了舊港澳碼頭興衰的16號碼頭，曾在抗日戰爭時播出不少經典抗日電影的平安戲院以及曾作為澳門最新潮的地標的莉娜大廈。這些現代主義建築見證著澳門的發展變化，“我遊我城：社區裡的現代建築”透過講座、展覽及導賞團帶大家認識保育澳門現代建築的重要性。