Macau >> Zhuhai >> Guangzhou

November 22nd, 2009 • cities, movingmemos, travel
Tags: guangzhou 广州, macau 澳门, on-the-move, zhuhai 珠海

Macau Border Gate Square 'Praça das Portas do Cerco' | November 6, 2009

Back to Mainland and heading for Guangzhou. One Country, Two Systems… two checkpoints! The journey starts with people flocking at Macau‘s Border Gate square and lining up inside the Border Gate building. After passing the frontier checkpoint, a tax free no man’s land, and Zhuhai‘s Gongbei immigration & custom checkpoint one arrives at an underground mall that combines a busy pedestrian walkway, shopping plaza & coach station. Snapshots from a bus ride to Guangzhou.
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Macau | smokestack, circuit & cobblestones

November 21st, 2009 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: infrastructure, macau 澳门, urbanism

Rooftop view from Estrada de D. Maria II, Macau | November 6, 2009

The second day in Macau started with a rooftop view over a smokestack. From the thirteen-floor rooftop of a housing block, located adjacent to one of sharpest corners of Macau’s Guia racing circuit, a white industrial obelisk divides the city’s view. This was followed by a long stroll in downtown, picking up Luso references along the way.
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Macau | outer harbour walks

November 18th, 2009 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: macau 澳门, urbanism

Macau Outer Harbour reservoir (reservatório do Porto Exterior) | November 5, 2009

During the past week, MovingCities went exploring China’s Pearl River Delta region. Already familiar with understanding Macau‘s incredible urban density, being one of the world’s highest [from street-level (Jan09) and rooftops (Jul09)] Mónica Carriço went exploring another part of the peninsula: the outer harbour. read more »

Shanghai >> Shenzhen >> Macau

November 10th, 2009 • cities, movingmemos, travel
Tags: macau 澳门, on-the-move, shanghai 上海, shenzhen 深圳, urbanism

Leaving Shanghai | November 4, 2009

Highways, elevated roads, bridges, tunnels, waiting rooms, tarmac, airports, cabins, runways, food for flying, turbojet, window seats, clouds, seafood, suburbs, aerophotography, land reclamation, islands, shipyards, masses, gambling, golf courts, corridors and borders. This week we are in the Pearl River Delta. First stop: Macau. A journey in snapshots.

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Macau >> Shenzhen

July 27th, 2009 • cities, movingmemos, travel
Tags: macau 澳门, on-the-move, shenzhen 深圳

Pearl River Delta | July 8, 2009

The last leg of our one week travel to Macau and Hong Kong, in function of the Urban Panorama Workshop, consisted of the crossing of the Macau and Zhuhai border, followed by a 3 hour drive to Shenzhen over the INFRARED© infrastructure of the Pearl River Delta (PRD). read more »

Macau >> Hong Kong

July 20th, 2009 • cities, movingmemos, travel
Tags: hong kong 香港, macau 澳门, on-the-move, urbanism

Macau - Hong Kong | July 6, 2009

On Monday July 6, MovingCities moved from Macau to Hong Kong. As during our Shenzhen to Macau travel, we traveled by turbojet. A couple of snapshots while speeding through the mouth of the Pearl River Delta. After the skyline, the sea.
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Urban Panorama | TIMC09!!! workshop, exhibit & party

July 13th, 2009 • cities, events, movingmemos, works
Tags: exhibition, macau 澳门, party, projects, workshop

THIS IS MY CITY 09 我的城市!!! banner | Albergue SCM patio (source: +853)

After Friday’s city tour (part I & II), Saturday was the  TIMC09!!!-event second day devoted to the collaborative works on the Urban Panorama Workshop. After a full day of observation, a short day of interpretation and speculation. At the end of the day, a party at Macau’s Albergue showcasing artists from Hong Kong and Beijing. read more »