Obra Das Mães
母親會
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Obra das Mães is a non-profit charitable organization with a long history and distinctive merit in Macao. The name of the organization comes from the Portuguese phrase “Mother’s Work”. In 1940, the Obra das Mães built the first center in Lisbon. The organization expanded in Portugal and opened more than five health care centers in a decade. Obra das Mães of Macau was founded in 1965. The founders of this organization are the wife of António Adriano Faria Lopes dos Santos who is the Governor of Portuguese Macao, the Macanese, and Chinese communities. All of the founders are from the upper class in that period of time, but with different nationalities and religious beliefs. All members followed the spirit of the mother’s love to help mothers and defend the rights and interests of women in Macao, as well as to contribute activities related to various areas of charity and social welfare.
In 1970, Obra das Mães set up the "Creches São João" for Children caring as the first nursery located in the Avenida de Horta e Costa. Until 2017, Obra das Mães already established four nurseries to help children from poor families. Obra das Mães not only concerns about the healthy growth of children but also cares for the elderly. The organization set up three nursing homes for old people and provided caring services.
The building located in the Avenida da República is full of luxury constructions of Macao. Although the architect of Obra das Mães cannot be identified, it is easy to indicate that this building is modern architecture and also a representative of the transitional building influenced by the neo-classical style.
After interviewing local people who live in the surrounding area, most people expressed that there is no strong emotional connection between Obra das Mães and the local community. What’s more, they don’t have a deep understanding of this building. Since this building is still in use as headquarter of Obra das Mães and has high architectural value, this building should be maintained as the original status in the future.
澳門母親會是一個有著悠久歷史和良好聲譽的非牟利慈善組織。組織的名字來源於葡語“母親的工作”。母親會于1940年在里斯本建立了第一個社團中心。在接下來的十年中，母親會在葡萄牙不斷擴大並且建立了五個以上健康護理中心。
澳門母親會由當時的澳門總督羅比信夫人，澳門土生葡人和華人共同于1965年創立。所有創立者來自於當時的上層社會。她們雖然有著不同國籍，不同信仰，但是都本著母愛精神，協助母親，維護母親權益，同時也為慈善和社會福利事業做出了自己的貢獻。
在1970年，澳門母親會位於高士德大馬路建立了該組織的第一家“聖約翰”托兒所。直到2017年，澳門母親會已經建立了四家托兒所以幫助貧困家庭的兒童。澳門母親會不僅僅關心兒童的健康成長，同時也致力於長者服務。該組織成立了三家安老院為老年人提供護理服務。
這座建築矗立在民國大馬路這條充滿了當時最豪華的建築物的大街上。儘管澳門母親會的建築師很難確認，但是可以肯定的是這座現代建築是過渡性建築的代表作並受到新古典主義的影響。
周圍的居民在採訪中表示他們與這所建築物並沒有強烈的情感上的聯繫，對這所建築也沒有很深刻的瞭解。這座建築現在仍然作為澳門母親會的總部辦公室使用中而且具有較高的建築價值。因此，在未來澳門母親會應該進行一些維護工作以保持現狀。
“Butterfly Method” Analysis：
The emotional part is evidently smaller than the rational part of the butterfly method. The first reason for this situation is that Obra das Mães which located in the Avenida da República is the headquarter of the organization. There is a little event happened here. What’s more, this charitable organization is held by people from the upper class. The public doesn’t have a clear understanding of this building. However, this building is representative of the transitional building with the classical architectural model. Furthermore, this building is in good condition and maintained regularly. All these reasons can explain why the emotional part is smaller, but the rational part is bigger.
在蝴蝶圖中，人們對母親會的感性認知部分明顯小於理性部分。造成這種情況的首要原因是因爲位於民國大馬路的母親會是該組織的總部辦公室。在這裏幾乎沒有舉辦過活動。此外，該慈善組織的創立者大都來自於上層社會。這也導致一直以來周邊居民對母親會沒有一個非常清晰的認知。然而，母親會這座建築是處於過渡時期，有著經典建築模式的代表作。而且該建築保存狀況良好，日常維護也十分規律。這也解釋了爲什麽相比於較低的感性認知部分，理性認知部分得分更高。
References:
Costa, M. d. (1997). The Architectural History of Macao. Retrieved from Instituto Cultural: http://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/10035/634
Obra das Mães. (2020). Introduction. Retrieved from Obra das Mães: http://www.odm.org.mo/english/introduction.php
Obra das Mães. (2020). Introduction of São João Nursery. Retrieved from Obra das Mães: http://www.odm.org.mo/english/institution/2/introduction.php
Silva, B. B. (1999, 2 1). Chronicle of Macao-20th century(1950-1988). Retrieved from Macaodata: https://www.macaudata.com/macaudata/books/showBooks_345#p-71
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