{"id":782,"date":"2026-10-14T11:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacogarciamoro.com\/?p=782"},"modified":"2026-10-20T13:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:52:54","slug":"the-courtyard-of-eternal-bliss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacogarciamoro.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/the-courtyard-of-eternal-bliss\/","title":{"rendered":"The Courtyard of Eternal Bliss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I graduated as an architect in 2010 at ETSAM <\/a>with a Thesis Project titled ‘Community Center in the Courtyard of Eternal Bliss’<\/em>, a mix-used complex located in Macau Inner Harbor, a heritage neighborhood built by a maze of narrow alleys and courtyards and dotted by an intricate network of Chinese shrines. During the eight months I stayed in Macau, I strolled daily through these streets photographing and maps these altars, their deities, and their location in the urban fabric. This maps became the fundamental inspiration for my thesis project. The main building would be located next to a heritage cluster of row houses named ‘Courtyard of Eternal Bliss’<\/em> that hosted, many years ago, an opium-smoking parlor. In this project, the spaces in-between these dilapidated structures in Chinese bricks would serve as a misty entrance for the complex of patios, lanes and buildings that I envisioned in my project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many people I should thank for having the opportunity to work onsite on this project. First of all, I shall thank Macanese architect Adalberto Tenreiro<\/a> who brought me first to this place during my short stay at The University of Hong Kong<\/a> in 2005 and gave me chance to wander around the captivating alleys of Macau. Then, he introduced me to Luis Sales Marques, president of the Institute of European Studies of Macau<\/a>, who kindly welcome me there all provided all institutional and logistic support. Also, the Sino-Spanish Cooperation Program by the Polytechnic University of Madrid<\/a>, lead by her International Affairs Vice-rector Dr. Angel \u00c1lvarez, provided a scholarship for this project. Prof. Dario Gazapo supported my application at ETSAM and, of course, my thesis director Concha Lapayese, who supported me during the long process of turning a poetic vision into an architectural project, and many more that would come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click to enter the Courtyard of Eternal Bliss<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I graduated as an architect in 2010 at ETSAM with a Thesis Project titled ‘Community Center in the Courtyard of Eternal Bliss’, a mix-used complex located in Macau Inner Harbor, a heritage neighborhood built by a maze of narrow alleys and courtyards and dotted by an intricate network of Chinese shrines. During the eight months … <\/p>\n

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