A Study on the Renovation of the Largo Space of Historic Centre of Macao Based on Place Making

The Historic District of Macao has distinct characteristics of the integration of Chinese and Western cultures. It is one of the few residential world cultural heritage sites in my country. It is currently in a critical stage of rapid development and transformation into a tourist city. However, the Historic District of Macao, which is in urgent need of development, has realistic problems such as insufficient vitality of the historical district, underutilization of public space, and lack of sense of belonging of residents. It is in urgent need of urban renewal. Public space is the key interface for the renewal of the Historic District of Macao. The Largo space is the core component of the public space of the Historic District of Macao. It is the main body of the urban texture "straight street-Largo-alley". It is the core node of the daily social network and leisure of residents in a high-density environment. It is also the main experience place for tourists to perceive the history and culture of Macao. Therefore, the uniqueness of the Largo space lies in the need to balance the inheritance of historical and cultural heritage with the daily life of community residents, the public life of residents and the tourist experience of tourists. These two aspects are in line with the research focus of Place Making and Sense of Place theory and have strong adaptability. Therefore, this paper takes the Largo space as the anchor point for renewal to study the renewal strategies and methods of the Historic District of Macao. It uses the PPS research method on Place Making. Based on the Place Making theory, it integrates the Sense of Place theory as a supplementary perspective. After the index correction, it builds a Place Making adaptive research framework suitable for the Historic District of Macao. This framework is used to study St. Augustine's Square and Lilau Square, and the design practice is carried out as an example. The purpose is to update the Largo space in the Historic District of Macao by studying the current problems and spatial development advantages of the space, to a certain extent, to solve the existing problems of the Historic District of Macao, and to provide reference for the subsequent renewal of the Largo space in the Historic District of Macao. At the same time, it also makes up for the current lack of domestic research on the Place Making theory at the theoretical level, and provides new perspectives and methods for the localized research and practice of the Place Making theory.