Leão, Rui  <br/><br/>
Design Activism in the Context of Macau 

 -  urbanNext,  February 12, 2021. 
 - 2186 words. 
<br/><br/> Essay, expanding design practices, Middle Density, Rui Leão, Technology and fabrication	 
<br/><br/>Adaptive reuse, Architecture, Architecture&art, Architecture&climate, China, Community, Concrete, Courtyard, Essay, Geometry, Greenery, Heritage, Iconic architecture, Landmark, Macau, Materials, Modernism, Preservation, Public buildings, Structural grid, UNESCO World Heritage, Ventilation	 
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<br/><br/> This article focuses on the EPM or Portuguese School of Macau and on the building’s struggle to “survive” as a post-classic monument in a city that navigates a fragile balance when it comes to heritage conservation.<br/><br/>The Portuguese School of Macau, previously known as Escola Pedro Nolasco, or Escola Comercial, designed by the Portuguese architect Raúl Chorão Ramalho, is a significant building included as part of the continued infrastructure interventions in the colonial territories by the GCU [1]– Gabiorge Colonial de Urbanização. It reflects the conflict of discourse of the 20th century, trying to re-invent a place for architecture through the management of light, open space (the open plan), orientation, natural ventilation, proportion, submission to a total system of order and universalism. The plastic expression of the materials (concrete, glass and steel), and the urban situation of the complex are solid manifestations of both the paradigm of Modernism and its re-discovery of the East as a purifying journey. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>2575-5374 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Architecture Heritage conservation Anfrastructure interventions Essay