Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects. x4 |; {' R; H( L" Y9 b1 q5 w
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' P( x* E6 D* s; }; R: A# JPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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4 Z' J1 z1 m3 L& W+ H+ fRMA 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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: _+ |1 ~$ J. Y% B# C- RThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.9 d- N! G4 N* j, _2 e
^) c5 i7 m- Q, N( L; O- bExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk." V1 R9 g7 X9 q, y
9 _$ {% Q% g# `6 Q6 q7 ^$ j0 BThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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" r; p- X! [5 G2 t0 IEdmund 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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The following text is from RMA Architects:
6 z( e z6 l$ j$ g, B! R1 VA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
0 d: h) e4 Q8 d& ^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.
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- o8 b5 J: }& q) Y' }* V/ `The 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.) C0 O4 a4 H1 a. O' H ^
* O8 @. O( W4 O1 i5 B* W/ L, \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." M# M$ s: w; @3 Z/ G+ i
Glass 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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t. v+ g/ B# P7 o, N) E" v' lThe 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.3 \3 d) X G2 r' R- T0 ~# s
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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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