Sustaining Patio do Espinho: St Paul Church, Urban Village and Landscape Fabric in Macau

Abstract

圣保羅學院僅存的教堂立面,是澳門最具歷史意義的古跡。20世紀初涌入澳門的難民,沿著教堂后院城墻興建住屋,形成茨林圍這一片肌理豐富的違章社區,在高密度的城市中保持了獨特的田園肌理。不同于主流話語中的宏偉教堂或廣場,茨林圍保存的是邊緣社群的日常生活軌跡和一種活的建筑文化延續,是澳門旅游業在東西融合的主流話語背景下,不可缺少的庶民物質文化財富。規劃所強調的循序漸進與人本尊重,更是在后殖民時代建立身份認同的澳門步入公民社會中不可缺少的進程。 The remaining facade of St.Paul Cathedral is the most important historic heritage in Macau.In early 20th century,refugees poured into Macau,and built houses along the city wall at the back of the cathedral;and Chi Lam Wai,an unauthorized communal urban village rich in urban fabric and unique in landscape in this high-density city was formed.Different from the splendid cathedrals or plazas in the city s mainstream narrative,the preservation of Chi Lam Wai is a continuity of the daily life of a marginalized community , also of a vivid architectural culture. It is the physical culture of the common people, which plays an indispensable role In Macau's tourism as part of the city's identity as a place of East West fusion. The proper development sequence and the humanistic respect emphasized in our present plan is also part of a necessary process for a civil society, working to establish the identity of Macau of its postcolonial times.