posts tagged ‘macau 澳门’

Guangzhou | Delta Four forum [review]

Delta Four | Guangzhou March 11, 2011
Delta Four | Guangzhou March 11, 2011

As a follow-up to the announcement of the DELTA FOUR | A Living Museum of Urban History: the Four Cities in the PRD event, we review the day in words and images. read more »

Guangzhou | Delta Four forum

Delta Four | Guangzhou March 11, 2011
Delta Four | Guangzhou March 11, 2011

MovingCities is on its way to Guangzhou 广州 to participate in the DELTA FOUR | A Living Museum of Urban History: the Four Cities in the PRD-forum 三角四方 – 行进中的歷史博物馆: 广州/深圳/香港/澳门 on Friday March 11, 2011.
Organized by the School of Architecture | The Chinese University of Hong Kong in association with Colombia University USA, the forum will be centered around Guangzhou 广州, Shenzhen 深圳, Macau 澳门 and Hong Kong 香港. read more »

Macau >> Zhuhai >> Guangzhou

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

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

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

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