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Two-level church erected in Macau

ROOM

CHILDREN

STUDY

ROC

ASSEMBLY HALL

Ground floor plan

MEETHING

CANTEEN

PARISH PRHEST

OFFICE

ROOM

HALL

HALL

„REFECTORY

Far East BUILDER, March 1969

SCALE:

CATHOLIC MISSION OF MACAU

owners

GEORGE da SILVA

architect

SERVANT KITCHEN ROOM †)

O. ACCONCI CO. LTD.

main contractor

A STARTLING contrast to its drab surroundings of old low-cost houses, squatter huts and paddy fields, the new Church of Our Lady Fatima in Macau is an unusual arrangement of black and white blocks.

It presents a 'toy brick', squared-off look, far removed from the Catholic Church's traditional spires and arches, but of a scale in keeping with the near- by low-rise development.

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Rectangular wings make up a cruci- form shape on plan a simple arrange- ment dictated by a strict budget – with relief from the right-angles being pro-

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