Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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4 i* S5 }4 L! f) V4 P( I4 t- XPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.0 `1 _9 f( u) J/ y: E
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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.
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.* `+ M: M+ d; L8 `4 f
% s! P T$ L8 xExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.. J+ G# z5 Q. V& F0 w6 \& O5 d
5 N9 f% _+ M' ~# o( h7 ~* C8 REdmund 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:
: |7 m: l: a* ]1 a; p) ]& k) y$ DA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
/ ?' \. c: U$ I% F u% WThe 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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% z9 c5 _0 M1 I: p+ V. FThe 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.- V% `7 U0 O- S: g& K: C: ]
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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.
' P! |- ?/ M% a; S. e SGlass 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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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." T* d: ~! H, f
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/ [3 _- m; D# g" D( R4 sIntegration 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.* x) V* W6 k4 K* W; D# H
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