Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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- s. |( S1 u$ u, w% q y% q7 kPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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: y0 \" {1 q9 uRMA Architects designed the elliptical building at the entrance to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly the Prince of Wales Museum), where historical Indian artefacts and artworks are exhibited.
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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$ w0 D" b# n1 H- D2 yThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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Edmund Sumner has photographed a number of buildings in Mumbai – see our earlier stories about a corporate office block beside a slum and a wood-clad temple.
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" m; F C! E( X" BThe following text is from RMA Architects:% p; v/ w2 U; v0 y9 I7 I3 X
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.% }( O Q, x6 e1 R+ P' S
The contemporary structure expands upon the footprint of a previously existing multipurpose hall, and is a part of an expansion plan for this prestigious urban landmark.* N% q* Y6 O7 T7 Y }, o9 q2 @; H
; v) c* Q. A) |0 W5 l" O a' LThe center fulfills various programmatic functions, ranging from the integration of baggage collection and storage, to ticketing and security, as well as a museum shop, two hundred seat auditorium, and rest rooms.
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A lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
5 w% c% E1 m2 l6 k- o1 YGlass and metal surfaces exist as a visual counterpoint to stout basalt stone of local heritage structures. Reflective material planes create a paradoxical visual poetry in which archaic forms of the adjacent museum are recast and distorted in a new perspective.
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( @& i: F- v$ F( r! tThe pre-defined footprint is organically punctured by existing trees that project through openings in the roof, yielding localized deviations in the otherwise low-key scale spaces.
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Integration of natural textures with modern means and materials further expands the defining narrative of the center, that of a culturally meaningful intervention within a monumental historic context.
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