Ningbo Seafood Restaurant and Hotel at 68 Dapu Road

The 'baskets stacking full of granary harvest' is a classical and timeless symbol of prosperous harvest during autumn before all things take their restful moments. When in gold, an ever popular color that metaphorizes grandiose and wealth, this twin tower is but a qualifying postmodern form in their contemporary context, when taking from historical references in modern setting. The parapet and its crown seem to take an ironic twist, another tenet of post-modernism, directly borrowing from the Egyptian reeds. If taking this further in warped dimension, perhaps - some will definitely puke to hear - enlarge the twin tower into their magnificent or out of proportionate scale to rival the Pear TV Tower, another wacky and rather embarassing postmodern prick located in the Pudong Financial District.

Jeremy

Shanghai upon the Sea

January 03, 2009