Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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: c4 ]/ Q: F. V/ ?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.! v+ i7 P E! D n
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.. l3 r5 r6 B$ p6 _1 v& z5 a
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Existing 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.
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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.$ B, p: |; c6 b9 k
# ~5 i4 D1 Q( x+ Z& K0 C4 rThe following text is from RMA Architects:0 t) {, U* ?, |2 m
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., v4 G2 @$ Z5 n4 Q
) 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.
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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.# E$ m5 T4 L5 E) O
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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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.- U2 b( I+ y+ o1 c& \ y
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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.7 {) S/ j3 {* d H' W
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