Asian American Architects/Engineers Foundation – 2017 AAa/e Awards Banquet Silent Auction
Auction Ends: Oct 5, 2017 08:00 PM PDT

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City on a Plate - Shanghai Dinner Plate by notNeutral

Item Number
109
Estimated Value
50 USD
Sold
45 USD to rm53553ca
Number of Bids
6  -  Bid History

Item Description

  Part of our first series of City Plates.  The theme of the first collection is "City as Gateway," and the cities chosen are Los Angeles, Shanghai, Cairo and Berlin.  With this theme we ask: how is each city dealing with the effects of agglomeration as its population begins to reach critical mass?

Shanghai, the largest commercial and financial power in China, is one of the largest ports in Asia.  Its central location on China’s Pacific coast has made the city a major gateway between China and the Western world.  The city’s urban center has a unique organic form, caused in part by the wide curve of the Huangpu River, which bisects the city and comes across as a dramatic swath of blue on the plate.  In contrast, the grid-like form of Western city planning stands as a direct result of foreign occupation after the Opium Wars of the 19th century.

Special thanks to our donor, notNeutral

   

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