Chapter 90: The City in the Sky
Sitting in the driver's Mercedes-Benz SUV, the car drove smoothly, and it was rare that there was not much traffic jam along the way. Lawyer Hu drove his own car and followed far behind. Mr. Hu drives a BMW convertible Mi
i, the silver body shines dazzlingly in the sunset, and with her professional suit, Chanel sunglasses and earrings, she is really youthful and heroic.
It takes about half an hour or so to get from the villa to the restaurant and they perfectly avoid the evening rush hour. In order to avoid embarrassment, the driver introduced many landmark buildings in Bangkok along the way. Especially the Jiuxiao Western Restaurant that they are going to go to later. It is located in the highest King Power Genting Pixel Building in all of Bangkok
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At the top of the city, you can see the entire city of Bangkok, and the surrounding buildings seem to be stepping on the soles of your feet. Also known as the Great Kyoto Building, this building is located in the bustling Satho-Silom neighborhood of downtown Bangkok
-Silom) area, up to 314 meters high and with a total of 77 floors. It is said that it cost a total of 22 billion baht to build and took 5 years to build. The overall asymmetrical geometry of the Grand Kyoto Building is a pitted surface that looks like it is composed of many pixel modules, and from a distance, it seems to be in tatters.
Due to the mosaic shape of the building, the surface of the building is indeed uneven, and this form is also intentional. At night, when the sky gets dark, all the neon lights on the building are turned on, and the recess in the middle of the building will emit a different color from the other parts, and the light will climb all the way up the mosaic and finally light up the whole building, which looks spectacular and beautiful.
The driver introduced the designer's view of architecture as a step-by-step process, the building as a standing dialogue, and its language will explore the ambiguity between large and small scales, symbolism and human activities, the city and its citizens, and the inside and outside. The driver's words made Helen feel very novel, but she didn't expect Ah Wei's driver to be such a person who knows art and aesthetics, which made her heart respect spontaneous.
All the way, Hai Lun was thinking about what this waiting to see Ah Wei looked like, she didn't care too much about the appearance of the man, but because of the joke that happened in the villa just now, coupled with the driver's outstanding appearance and good conversation, she couldn't help but have more expectations for Ah Wei's image.
When I got downstairs and parked the car, the driver swiped the card all the way, and soon arrived at the high-speed elevator along the VIP channel. While waiting at the elevator door to meet Lawyer Hu, Helen glanced at the majestic sculpture of three gods at the entrance of the building. The three elephants hold their heads high, their proboscis held high like a dragon's whip, their tusks protruding like a full moon scimitar, and a circle of baby elephants around their necks. The elephant is a mythical animal of Thailand and enjoys a high status in Thai culture as a symbol of strength and grace. On a whim, she decided that if she had free time, she would definitely experience the taste of traveling on an elephant.
In 50 seconds, the Mitsubishi high-speed elevator goes directly from the 1st floor to the 74th floor. The driver in the elevator said that this is the fastest elevator in the whole of Southeast Asia. The 74th to 78th floors are observation decks, where you can take the elevator or walk up the stairs, transitioning from the digital screen covered inside the elevator to the unique digital wall corridor outside, bringing people a sense of technology that travels through time and brings a unique and exclusive experience.
Walking to the Cloud Restaurant on the top floor of the building, the sky outside had already darkened. The neon skyscrapers light up one after another, and the night falls throughout Bangkok. At the border between the remnants of the glow and the colorful street lamps, how much beauty and sorrow, how much dispersion and detachment, will be reflected at the edge of this canopy, this city in the sky.