Cropped preview; see the original photograph. The photograph does not confirm the venue’s present condition.
01 / Building stories
Read a building, discover a way of living.
Housed in Joaquim Manso’s former summer home, the museum connects local life, art and maritime memory. Becoming a public museum also changes who uses and looks at the rooms.
The municipality announced reopening in September 2026. Confirm arrangements for your visit and examine how displays use the rooms to tell a story broader than one household.
What to notice
Confirm current arrangements and compare domestic rooms with the exhibition route.
Ge invites us to ask why a place changes. When its role changes, what remains and what must be reorganised? Keeping and renewing both need concrete judgement beyond a preference for old or new.
Start with the architecture
Ge reads continuity within a change of use. Domestic memory and public visiting can coexist. Care appears in how transformation treats relationships that remain.
Bring the question into everyday life
Think of a change in your life and separate the value to preserve from the form that can change. The building cannot decide for you, but continuity can allow transformation.
Try an observation here
Pause, record one observed detail and respond to the question below. Notes can hold doubts and different opinions; leave out other people’s private information.
What should an old space retain when its use changes?
A contemporary cultural reading by Xiaoxiong inspired by the I Ching. The connection with the building is an editorial perspective, not the architect’s intention or a documented historical influence. It is not fortune-telling.
03 / Nearby life
A nearby table
Dining map records within three kilometres in a straight line of the reference point. Walls, railways and slopes may lengthen the journey. Check the entrance and whether the business is open.
This selection covers the current municipality. Near hills, rivers and municipal boundaries, plan transport using actual roads.
The map may omit businesses. Records do not confirm trading status, menus or bookings. Records with an address are shown by default; you can include the others.
04 / The travellers’ Bench
Sit for a while. Leave an observation.
What should an old space retain when its use changes?
