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Organized by the Institute of European
Studies of Macau, the Department of Architecture in the Faculty of Creative Industries at the University of Saint Joseph, the
Politecnico di Milano, and Albergue SCM,
the “Relink __ Revive” symposium gathers
a group of leading designers and scholars
to discuss innovative ideas for revitalising
historical neighbourhoods, with a focus
on the Mong Há district of Macau.
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The name Mong Há Chung has various
interpretations. One is “looking to Há
Mun,” referring to Amoy in Fujian, the
province from where the first settlers
came. Another interpretation is Mong
(hope) and Há (summer), which together
means “hopeful” or “contemplating
summer.” The transcription in certain old
documents is Wong Há, which can be
translated as “brilliant village.”
The village faced the “Christian” city of Macau, from
which it was separated by rice fields and barren
hills. The settlers had chosen an auspicious location,
protected by the hills behind, facing toward rice fields
in the southeast, and beyond the rice fields the prosperous and gleaming Mediterranean white-plastered
Portuguese city of Macau
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Mong Há developed as a typical Chinese southern
farming community along a waterway or road, which
in this case ended in river-silted beaches. The relationship with the city of Macau was not always harmonious. Conflicts arose between the inhabitants of the
two neighboring settlements. After the Opium Wars
the Macau governor, emulating Hong Kong’s efficient
and prosperous colonial style, decided to expand the
western city until the Border Gate. First built were
two forts that dominated Mong Há Hill (1864) and
Dona Maria Hill, while farmland and houses were
expropriated and demolished. The land was leveled,
water channels were drained, and new roads built
to connect with the new land reclamations of the
Canidrome and Areia Preta.
The old Chinese village was invaded by “modern”
western-style buildings, creating a new quarter
organized on a geometric grid pattern, with large
roads, trees, public drainage, sun-bathed two-story
mansions or residential blocks, and public buildings
run by institutions such as CTT (Post and Communication Company), schools and orphanages run by
the church, along with cemeteries, military facilities,
a police station, municipal market and cowshed. Few
industries were located in Mong Há, such as fireworks
factories. The new residences were inspired by the
social-cooperation philosophy of the Portuguese II
Republic, later dominated by the Estado Novo (New
State), and a hierarchical classification with some
equity in design, inspired by architect Raul Lino,
exemplifying the Portuguese Arts & Crafts movement.
After the Second World War, the Canidrome was used
after the war as a refugee center, and later a place for
dog races. A new typology appeared after the war,
metal barracks for European and African soldiers. In
the 1970s, the area was globalized, losing its colonial and Mediterranean character, with few buildings
surviving, such as temples and some isolated houses.
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INSTITu
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Architecture-Culture-Environment
Architecture-Culture-Environment (ACE) is an
intensive seminar concept born in Macau, aimed
at stimulating debate about integrated design and
architectural and urban innovation. Taking place over
more than a decade, it has been exported abroad
but its focus remains in Macau, a city of unique
urban complexity and mixture of cultures, as well
as contrasts between heritage and modernity. Each
ACE Symposium offers to Macau architects, planners,
engineers, designers, and other professionals
concerned with sustainable cities and buildings, from
both the public and the private sector, the possibility
of participating in discussions and collaborations for
“horizon 2020” and far beyond.
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Institute of European Studies of Macau
University of Saint Joseph
Since its founding in 1995, the Institute of European
Studies of Macau (IEEM) has been actively promoting
cultural and academic dialogues between Europe
and Asia. Over the years, IEEM has established
itself as one of the leading learning institutes in Asia
dedicated to the studies of the European Integration
process. However, not only has IEEM devoted its
core efforts to this academic program, we have been
involving more in building up those relations with our
cooperative and trusted partners. In the past as well
as presently, we are involved in several programs
pulling together resources from organizations across
Europe and Asia in the building up of networks of
knowledge and circulation of information aiming at
improving inter-regional dialogue towards better
mutual understanding, trust and communication.
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) inherits the
longstanding tradition of humanist education in Macau,
which extends beyond China to East and Southeast
Asia, and the islands of Oceania. Close links to the
Catholic University of Portugal and to universities in
Angola, Brazil and Mozambique set USJ in a privileged
position of contributing to Macau’s present calling as a
bridge between Portuguese-speaking countries. USJ’s
study programs provide students with the essentials
of their fields of knowledge, while broadening their
outlook on the world and stimulating creative thinking.
In addition to ensuring the competence of graduates
in their future professions, the USJ mission is to
provide a university environment in which they learn
to analyze, question, evaluate, and decide based on
consciously assimilated values and culture.
Albergue da Santa Casa da Misericórdia
Macau Design Centre
Located in the St. Lazarus District, which has served
as a base for the development of Macau’s cultural
and creative industries in recent years, Albergue
SCM features a small courtyard and two century-old
Portuguese buildings with yellow-hued walls. Two old
camphor trees tower over the tranquil courtyard. Many
of the poor and refugees lived here during World War II
thus it came to be known as the “Shelter of the Poor.” It
was also known as the “Old Ladies House” as it once
served as a refuge for elderly females. Today, its galleries
house various local art and creative design exhibitions
as well as a Portuguese restaurant. Albergue SCM
also holds poetry-reading sessions and art seminars to
enhance local art, cultural and creative development,
imbuing this historical monument with a unique vitality.
Macau Design Centre (MDC) was established in 2014
as a platform for Macau designers, design enterprises,
and design lovers to exchange, promote, learn, and
cooperate. Formerly a factory, it is the first innovative
multi-functional building to promote Macau’s cultural
creative industry. MDC has become a hot place for
residents, students, and visitors to enjoy local design
and gather in their leisure time. Macau Design Centre
exerts the concept of “Good Macau Design, Design
a Good Macau” centering on Environmental Design,
Industrial Design, Visual Design, Information Design,
Interaction Design, Animation Design, and Universal
Design. One of the main goals of the Centre is to
assist local designers and related companies in
extending their network internationally.
Politecnico di Milano
Ox Warehouse
Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) is the leading university
in architecture, design and engineering in Italy, and
one of the top in Europe, according to QS rankings.
The link with Macau through ACE seminars is now
a tradition since more than a decade, on design
topics. The strong relationships with the Institute of
European Studies of Macau and Albergue SCM have,
since some years, found University of Saint Joseph
as a perfect academic partner in Macau where to
imagine exchanges of research and teaching in the
field of architectural design.
Founded in March 2002, Ox Warehouse is a private,
non-profit, art association. It presents exhibitions and
performances of contemporary art, trying to provide
an alternative platform to the local arts scene. Being
dedicated to the promotion of art, Ox Warehouse also
organizes inspirational artistic workshops, in order to
foster individual creativity and the experimental spirit, as
well as cross-border exchange programs. Last but not
the least, Ox Warehouse is open to local artists and art
associations for collaborative projects, making the venue
an experimental platform for Macau’s artistic creation.
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ORGAN
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Thomas Daniell
University of Saint Joseph
Marco Imperadori
Politecnico di Milano
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Thomas Daniell is Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Saint Joseph and a Visiting
Professor at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Tokyo. He holds a BArch with honors from Victoria
University of Wellington, a MEng from Kyoto University,
and a PhD from RMIT University. Widely published, he is
an editorial advisor for the architecture journals Volume,
Mark, and Log. A two-time recipient of publication grants
from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in
the Fine Arts, he is author of FOBA: Buildings (2005),
After the Crash: Architecture in Post-Bubble Japan
(2008), Houses and Gardens of Kyoto (2010), Kiyoshi
Sey Takeyama + Amorphe (2011), Kansai 6 (2011), and
editor of Toyo Ito’s Tarzans in the Media Forest (2011). In
2017 he was the recipient of the M+ Design Trust Fellowship. Also a practicing architect, his design work has
been published and exhibited internationally.
Carlos Marreiros is an award-winning architect, urban
planner, designer, writer, and artist. Born in Macau, he
studied in Macau, Portugal, Germany, and Sweden. He
is founder and partner of MAA (Marreiros Arquitectos
Associados) and Albergue SCM Creative Space. He
was decorated by the Governor of Macau with the
Medal of Cultural Merit (1987) and the Medal of Value
(1999), by the President of Portugal as a Great Official
of the Order of Prince Henry (1999), and by the Macau
Government of with the Medal of Professional Merit
(2002). Currently, he is Honorary Professor at the SNAA
of the State University of Shanghai, China, Honorary
Professor at the FAU of the University of Huaqiao, China,
Trustee of the Macau Foundation, member of Macau
SAR Government Consultative Council of Culture and
Environment Council, and President of the Fellowships
Council of the Macau Architects Association.
Marco Imperadori is a university professor, researcher
and designer focused on high energy-efficient
buildings, structure/envelope building systems and
general sustainability. He holds an MSc and PhD in
Building Engineering, but prefers to act as an architect
due to his background in both aspects of building. He
is a visiting professor at many universities worldwide,
including since 2015 the University of Saint Joseph.
His scientific publications and essays have been
widely published. Imperadori is the principal, with
Valentina Gallotti, of Atelier 2, a design studio located
in Milan. He is currently Rector’s Delegate for the Far
East of Politecnico di Milano, and is scientific coordinator of the international prize Compasso Volante. He
is also the founder, with José Luís de Sales Marques
and Carlos Marreiros, of A.C.E. (Architecture Culture
Environment) seminar series.
José Luís de Sales Marques is a founding member of
ACE (Architecture, Culture and Environment), together
with Carlos Marreiros and Marco Imperadori. José was
born in Macau, and educated in Macau and Portugal.
His first degree is in Economics from the University of
Porto, and his Master degree in European Studies from
the University of Macau. He is president of the Board of
Directors of the Institute of European Studies of Macau
since 2002, and is co-founder of Creative Macau and a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Cultural Industries Fund (MSAR). He is GA President and Honorable
Consultant of Architecture Sans Frontières-Macau.
Previously, he served as Mayor of Macau (1993–2001),
Deputy Director of the Macau Government Tourist
Office (1989–1999), and as a member of the Advisory
Council for the Governor of Macau (1993–1999).
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Carlos Marreiros
Marreiros Architectural Atelier
José Luís de Sales
Marques
Institute of European Studies
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Session 1
10:15
Welcome
Marco Imperadori
Politecnico di Milano
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Session 2
Urban Revitalization,
Conceptual
Approaches a
nd Case Studies
The Case of
Mong Há and its
Surroundings
Cecilia L. Chu
Maria José de Freitas
DOCOMOMO
AETEC-Mo
Matteo Poli
Weijen Wang
Politecnico di Milano
Joshua Bolchover
University of Hong Kong
Francisco Vizeu Pinheiro
University of Hong Kong
University of Saint Joseph
Giuliana Iannaccone
Sheyla S. Zandonai
Politecnico di Milano
Francesco Rossini
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Marco Imperadori
Politecnico di Milano
École Nationale Supérieure
d’Architecture de Paris La Villette
James Cheok Son Chu
16:30-17:30
Closing discussion
Moderator:
Thomas Daniell
University of Saint Joseph
17:30-18:30
Mong Há walking
tour
From Macau Design Centre
to Ox Warehouse
18:30
Presentation at Ox Warehouse by
Frank Ioi Fan Lei
Macau Design Centre
José Luís de Sales Marques
Moderator:
Institute of European Studies
of Macau
University of Saint Joseph
Moderator:
Nuno Soares
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Carlos Marreiros
Marreiros Architectural Atelier
13:00-14:00
PRo
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Lunch break
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Joshua Bolchover
Cecilia L. Chu
James Cheok Son Chu
Maria José de Freitas
University of Hong Kong
Joshua Bolchover is currently
an Associate Professor at The
University of Hong Kong.
His research focuses on the
complex urban-rural ecology
of cities. He set up Rural Urban
Framework with John Lin in 2005
with the remit to create a not-forprofit agency as a platform for
design and research.
Their projects have been
internationally exhibited at the
Venice Biennale 2016, the Design
Museum London 2016, and The
Chicago Biennale 2015. RUF’s
work has been awarded the RIBA
International Emerging Architect
Award 2016 for the Angdong
Hospital, The Curry Stone Design
Prize 2015, The Ralph Erskine
Prize 2014, and has received
third place commendations
for the Architectural Review’s
Healthcare and Schools Award.
Joshua’s recent publications
include Border Ecologies:
Hong Kong’s Mainland Frontier
(Birkhäuser, 2016), Designing the
Rural: A Global Countryside in
Flux (Architectural Design 2016),
and Rural Urban Framework:
Transforming the Chinese
Countryside (Birkhäuser, 2013).
DOCOMOMO
Cecilia L. Chu is Assistant Professor
in the Division of Landscape
Architecture at the University of
Hong Kong, where she teaches
urban theory, urban design, and
architectural and landscape
history. She earned her PhD in
Architecture from the University of
California, Berkeley, and worked
as a designer in Canada and Hong
Kong, and research consultant on
urban design and conservation
strategies for several NGOs. Her
areas of expertise include history
and theory of architecture and
urbanism, heritage conservation,
urban design, and cultural
landscapes in Asia. Her articles
have been published in leading
academic journals. She is Principal
Investigator for two Hong Kong
Research Grants Council projects:
Speculative Urbanism: Modernist
Planning and Housing Practices in
Colonial Hong Kong, 1912–1939;
and Shaping a New Moral
Topography: Emergent Roles of
Landscape Design in the Planning
of Chinese Cities, 1912–1949. She
is founding member and current
President of Docomomo Hong
Kong Chapter.
Macau Design Centre
James Chu was born in Macau.
In 1998, he graduated from
the Department of Graphic
Communication at School of Arts,
Macau Polytechnic Institute.
In 2008, he completed a Master
Degree on Cultural Studies
at Lingnan University in Hong
Kong. He is the Director of Shidu
Art Consultants, Chairman of
Macau Designers Association
(2015–2017), Director of Macau
Design Centre, Director of
Zero Communication, Art
Consultant for University of
Macau, and Coordinator of
Macau Art Garden. He has held
five solo exhibitions in Macau
and Beijing, and participated in
more than one hundred group
exhibitions over the world. He
has won more than forty design
and art awards in Macau and
internationally, including the
54th International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia in 2011.
His works have been collected
by Fundação Oriente Macau,
Macau Museum of Art, Philippe
Charrol Foundation, Hong Kong
Hyatt Hotel, and other private
collectors.
AETEC-Mo
Maria José de Freitas is an active
professional in Portugal and
Macau. She received the Arcasia
Award in 2002 for the renovation
of five heritage houses in Taipa.
Her 1993 Renovation of D. Pedro
V Theater is included in the
UNESCO Heritage List since
2005. In 1994 she was the Head
of the Architectural Centre of
the Civil Engineering Laboratory
of Macau, and in charge of the
Coordination of Revitalization of
St. Paul’s Ruins. From 2003 to
2005, she was Coordinator of
the Sintra World Heritage Center.
In 2013, she was appointed
Ambassador of WCO (World
Citizens Organization). She also
participates in international
forums for architectural
preservation and rehabilitation
of classified buildings. A PhD
Researcher at CES, University of
Coimbra, Portugal, her thesis will
focus on Macau’s identity sixteen
years after the handover. Since
January 2017 she is a Visiting
Professor at the University of
Saint Joseph.
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Giuliana Iannaccone
Frank Ioi Fan Lei
Matteo Poli
Francesco Rossini
Politecnico di Milano
Giuliana Iannaccone holds an
MSc in Architecture and a PhD
in Architectural Technology from
Università degli Studi di Napoli.
Currently Associate Professor
of Architectural Engineering at
Politecnico di Milano, she is active
in teaching and research.
She teaches Architectural
Engineering and Fundamentals
of Integrated Building Design
at the School of Architecture,
Urban Planning, Construction
Engineering at Politecnico
di Milano. She is also Vicecoordinator of the Building
and Architectural Engineering
Graduate Program. Her primary
research efforts are to study
and develop strategies and
innovative technological solutions
for energy-efficient and zeroemission buildings, both new
and existing. She is Technical
Manager of the Laboratory for
Building Refurbishment and
Energy Efficiency at Politecnico
di Milano (Lecco Campus) and
Responsible for Research in the
Sustainable Building Area of the
Lombardy Energy Cleantech
Energy Cluster. She has written
articles and given presentations
on sustainable buildings.
Ox Warehouse
Frank Ioi Fan Lei is Artistic
Director of the Ox Warehouse
and a Lecturer in Photography
and Journalism at Macao
Polytechnic Institute. He holds
a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
from Jinan University, a Bachelor
of Cinema and Audiovisuel from
University of Paris III, a Diploma
of Photography from L’École
nationale supérieure des Arts
Décoratifs, and a Master of
Chinese Literature from University
of Macau. His solo exhibitions
include “Porto” (Creative Macau
Gallery, 2010), “Cuba, Cuba” (Old
Ladies’ House Art Space, Macau,
2002), “Sleeping City II” (Casa
Garden Temporary Exhibition
Gallery, 2000), “Sleeping City:
Macau” (Agfa Gallery, Fringe
Club, Hong Kong, 1998), “Night
in Paris” (Macau Portuguese
Bookshop, 1994) and “Paris
Series” (C.M.D. Gallery, 1991).
His publications include the
monograph Go and See (2005).
In 1991 he won the Best Piece
Award in the International
Photography Competition “Street
Life” organized by the French
Museum of Photography.
Politecnico di Milano
Matteo Poli graduated from the
Politecnico di Milano in 1997.
After working with West 8
(Adriaan Geuze) in 1997 and
the Office for Metropolitan
Architecture (Rem Koolhaas)
from 1998 to 2001, he founded
his office 99IC, which in 2008
transformed into Argot to follow
the masterplan for Bovisa in
Milan. He teaches landscape
architecture at the Politecnico di
Milano and lectures at several
universities in Europe and the
USA. He published widely
on landscape, architecture,
and urban design. From
2004 to 2007 he was editor
of Domus, and from 2007 to
2014 special correspondent
for Abitare. Practicing in Milan
and abroad, his work ranges
from exhibitions, to various
architectural typologies, to urban
and landscape commissions. He
participated in the 14th Venice
Architecture Biennale, directed by
Rem Koolhaas. At the moment he
is designing an 85-hectare farm
in Azerbaijan, a penthouse in
Hong Kong, and offices for a bank
in Istanbul.
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Francesco Rossini is an architect,
urban designer and Assistant
Professor at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong.
He graduated with honors from
University of Naples. In 2014 he
completed his PhD (cum laude)
at Universitat Politècnica de
Catalunya. In his doctoral thesis,
Rossini explored the role of public
spaces in private developments
in Hong Kong. Francesco Rossini
has participated in different
research programs, collaborating
with the Department of Urban
Planning at the University of
Naples, the Department of
Urbanism at UPC in Barcelona,
and in Shanghai with the College
of Architecture and Urban Design
of Tongji University. In addition
to his research and teaching
activities, he worked for the last
ten years as a registered architect
in Italy, as well as in Spain and
China, realizing projects related
to architecture and urban design.
He is currently project director in
Asia for the international practice
5+1AA.
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Nuno Soares
University of Saint Joseph
Architect and urban planner based
in Macau since 2003, he spreads
his practice through architectural
design, teaching and research.
He’s currently a senior Lecturer
at the University of Saint Joseph,
in Macau, an Adjunct Assistant
Professor at the Chinese University
of Hong Kong, and a frequent
speaker and juror internationally.
He founded and directs the
Macau based CURB · Center for
Architecture and Urbanism. He is
Vice President of ARCASIA Zone
C, a Director of the Architects
Association of Macau, Coordinator
of the Cities and Territories
Working Group of the Congress of
Portuguese Speaking Architects
(CIALP) and a Member of the
UIA Education Commission and
UNESCO-UIA Validation Council
for Architectural Education. As
principal of his own office, URBAN
PRACTICE, he develops projects
ranging from the urban scale, to
architecture and design, both in
Macau and abroad. He was the
winner of the competition for
design and curatorship of the
Macau Pavilion both at the 2013
and 2015 SZHK Bi-city Biennale of
Urbanism/Architecture (Shenzhen).
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Pinheiro
University of Saint Joseph
is an Assistant Professor at
the University of Saint Joseph
and a Visiting Professor at
Jiangnan University. He received
his PhD from Tokyo Institute
of Technology. He has been
involved in several urban
rehabilitation projects located in
the historical center of Macau.
Several of these rehabilitations
are included in the UNESCO list
of World Heritage. His research
is multilayered, including areas
like city planning, transportation,
pollution, social housing, green
buildings, and smart cities.
He believes green urbanism
and pedestrianization of older
areas is an important aspect
of heritage conservation. In
an age of globalization that
de-characterizes vernacular
traditions, he is on a quest for
the theoretical background
and practical formulas to make
effective and authentic the
preservation of cultural identity,
our cultural DNA – memories,
cultural patterns, spirit of the
place, and tradition – that are
critical to preserving the cultural
identity for future generations.
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Weijen Wang
Sheyla S. Zandonai
University of Hong Kong
Weijen Wang is Professor at the
University of Hong Kong and
Design Director of Wang Weijen
Architecture. He holds a MArch
from UC Berkeley and a MS
and BS from National Taiwan
University. He was the Head of
the Architecture Department
at the University of Hong Kong
2012–2016, Visiting Professor
at MIT in 2008, at Jiaotong
University and University of
Montreal in 2014, Curator of
the 2007 Hong Kong Biennale
of Architecture and Urbanism,
and an Associate at TAC San
Francisco 1987–1994. He has
received AIA Design Awards,
Far Eastern Architectural Award,
China Architectural Media Award,
HKIA Design Award, and Green
Building Council Merit Award.
His works have been exhibited
at Taipei Museum of Modern
Art, Architecture Biennales in
Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai,
Chengdu, as well as 2008
Venice Architecture Biennale.
Publications include Refabricating
City: A Reflection (Oxford
University Press) and Urban
Courtyardism (a special issue of
Taiwan Architecture).
École Nationale Supérieure
d’Architecture de Paris La Villette
Sheyla Zandonai holds a Ph.D.
in Social Anthropology and
Ethnology from the École des
Hautes Études en Sciences
Sociales (EHESS), France.
She is currently Research
Associate at the Laboratoire
Architecture Anthropologie (LAA),
École Nationale Supérieure
d’Architecture de Paris La
Villette (since 2014). She was
a Postdoctoral Fellow at the
Faculty of Social Sciences of
the University of Macau, and
Lecturer of Ethnography at Trent
University, Canada. Zandonai
is also the Principal Researcher
and partner on the Mong Há
Urban Knowledge Project
with the Institute of European
Studies of Macau (IEEM) and the
International Institute of Asia
Studies (IIAS), The Netherlands.
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Organizers
Thomas Daniell
Marco Imperadori
Carlos Marreiros
José Luís de Sales Marques
Supporters
A.C.E.
Institute of European Studies of Macau
University of Saint Joseph
Politecnico di Milano
Albergue SCM
Design
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