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“Towards a Living Waterfront Conference” with USJ’s Prof. Nuno Soares as Keynote Speaker

2023-12-09

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09/12/2023

Prof. Nuno Soares, Head of the Department of Architecture and Design of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, was the Keynote Speaker at “Towards a Living Waterfront Conference – Urban Strategies and Conceptual Designs for Macau”.



Prof. Nuno Soares, Head of the Department of Architecture and Design of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, was the Keynote Speaker at “Towards a Living Waterfront Conference – Urban Strategies and Conceptual Designs for Macau”, which took place on 9 December 2023, at Ponte 9 – Creative Platform.

The Conference gathered a respected lineup of speakers and moderators, among them Prof. Filipe Afonso, Programme Supervisor of the Bachelor of Architectural Studies at USJ, and invited all participants to think both critically and creatively about Macau’s urban fabric under the new Macau Master Plan and within the Greater Bay Area Plan.

Prof. Álvaro Barbosa, Vice-Rector of USJ, and Prof. Carlos Sena Caires, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of USJ, were present during the Conference event which was followed by the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the exhibitions displaying the outcomes of the 6-year collaboration between CURB and the School of Architecture of CUHK, attended by, among others, the Rev’d Prof. Stephen Morgan, Rector of USJ.

(From left to right: Prof. Alain Chiaradia, Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design; Prof. Agnes Lam, Director of the Centre for Macau Studies, University of Macau; Prof. Hendrik Tieben, Director of the School of Architecture at the Chinese Univerisity of Hong Kong; Prof. Nuno Soares, President of CURB; Rev’d Prof. Stephen Morgan, Rector of the University of Saint Joseph; Mr Mac Su Vai, supervisor of the Design Division of the Municipal Construction Department, at the Municipal Affairs Bureau; Ar. Francisco Ricarte, Director of the Architects Association of Macau)

(Prof. Nuno Soares)

(Prof. Filipe Afonso and Prof. Jeroen van Ameijde from the Chinese University of Hong Kong during Session 3 discussion)

(Prof. Carlos Sena Caires, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of USJ)

“Towards a Living Waterfront Conference – Urban Strategies and Conceptual Designs for Macau” is an event organised by CURB – Center for Architecture and Urbanism with the sponsorship of the Macao Foundation and support of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), and Ponte 9 Creative Platform, in collaboration with the School of Architecture of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.


More details: 

CURB’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/curbcentermacau/ 

Conference Booklet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWCRGWdlIOoQwRB5uUveJd_PPqYXhpsp/view?usp=drive_link