Table 4 Case analysis of functions.

From: A decision-making model for the adaptive reuse of ‘buildings of control and reform’: the Nossa Senhora Village, Macau

Case information

Case photos

Building of the coloane library

Date of construction: 1911

Original function: school

New function: library

Tung Sin Tong historical archive exhibition hall

Date of construction: 1924

Original function: Chinese medicine waiting room, office, private school

New function: clinic, exhibition hall

Exhibition room of master Lu Ban's woodcraft works

Date of construction: 1840

Original function: trade hall

New function: exhibition hall

Night watch house

Date of construction: 1940

Original function: night watch house

New function: exhibition center

Former opium house

Date of construction: 1880

Original function: warehouse

New function: clinic

Building at No. 2, company of Jesus square

Date of construction: second half of the 19th century

Original function: library

New function: clothing store

No. 10 Madhouse

Date of construction: 1919

Original function: office

New function: creative park

Chun Chou Tong pavilion (Lou Lim Ioc garden)

Date of construction: early 20th century

Original function: residence

New function: exhibition hall

  1. Sources: Photographed by Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macau (2023).