Bamboo scaffolding is ubiquitous in Macao. Now it's being turned into art:
Many of Asia's biggest cities owe their skylines to long bamboo poles that allow construction workers to climb to great heights.
Rita Machado and João Ó, founders of the design studio Impromptu Projects, have teamed up with local bamboo masters, who are known as"spiders" for their deft and dangerous work on the web-like structures. The poles were once used to build huts and small-scale projects, though bamboo grids stretching hundreds of meters into the air alongside modern high-rises are now a common sight.
The first Portuguese settlers arrived in Macao in the 1500s and it soon became an important hub along Portugal's Asian trading route. Portuguese influences can be seen in the European architecture and the distinctive blue and white tiles that the merchants imported on their ships. Chinese influences are also apparent, especially in the A-Ma Temple, built in 1488, one of the city's oldest buildings.
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