RESETTLEMENT HOUSING IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA. Manuel Vicente as case study within East Asian urban ecosystems

Abstract

The present paper proposes to settle comprehensive understanding about first's statements of architectural modernity established in Macau. The research line intends to present the historical modern framework of the region and classify a set of inaugural resettlement housing projects designed by Architect Manuel Vicente during the 1960s/1970s. The achievement of such goals is to be developed through a comparative analysis between the urban background of the 20th century, and the chosen case studies, in order to derives, in one hand, an amplitude equation of the theoretical matrix adopted; and in the other hand, to identify the variations between solutions of housing typologies, collective spaces, spatial distributions and technical systems. This classification needs to consider contextual factors, concentrating not only in the understanding of the proposed case studies, but also on problematics and potentialities, in order to recognize their role in the generational urban grow that characterized the Pearl River Delta.   Keywords: Architectural Heritage, Modern Architecture, Urbanism, Macau.