Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects- R( q1 d% I) {( @: f- m0 i: v
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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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.# i' g! O8 D( b) X8 y. r
! E. n: |' ]: M5 BThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.( ]% J7 n- V! D
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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7 h, q) E8 t! K8 a* ZThe 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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The following text is from RMA Architects:
( @0 `# Z- l& a& A3 GA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.& h9 E# e6 a* K+ K" K1 @
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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* ?7 K9 K, X- s. X; I& ^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.
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9 ` d2 q9 u3 R5 p! M/ ]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.
& \2 T9 n# [0 u" u( p$ a0 TGlass 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 s: h z5 L6 G) h# ~! x
* L' u+ Q+ b8 V! g% EThe 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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