Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects 8 y5 m7 M  x7 S9 l4 h : c4 ]/ Q: F. V/ ?Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. % M' {9 q. G! k' b4 e, R 9 B! F5 n- z6 K% @# ]+ L6 f[/url][url=http://www.rmaarchitects.com/] RMA 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. 2 p( B$ [7 N  X% n, sThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. ' C( R* @4 t, S+ C: z' S) m6 e The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. $ J1 N  W, }& P* |! \. ^ 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. # ~5 i4 D1 Q( x+ Z& K0 C4 rThe following text is from RMA Architects: A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai. 2 Y% u, Z( o$ ^2 cThe 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. ) m  `% H5 s2 a! e3 `1 VThe 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. 5 r/ j& L! ?5 ^ 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. 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. 1 b/ d- T1 B: A9 g3 I The 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.   [Search:DCION 8 @7 W, x& ^% i, OIntegration 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. 3 M5 u  c; Z- ]% [

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金属的外壳！怕不怕吸热！{:soso_e122:}

是金属吗？夏天会不会太热？
要是里面也有图就更好了

woding，有里面的图就好了。。。