Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects( I2 m8 O7 x/ _1 O% X6 Q, [
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: ~2 l: G: V. |0 ^: e& ?2 ePhotographer 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.
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. G. V% s; _5 `Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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- P+ @- g3 H g$ g9 PExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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- q9 K! Y9 y4 t% n3 j7 MThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.* n0 }. }/ ]: r. R! C& m
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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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0 d' b% d. d- {' E2 y3 f4 }The following text is from RMA Architects:
* U R( S5 L. B% p) i/ H' j: mA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
: X! H& n+ f/ @$ i2 I( ]: GThe 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.( e1 J; l4 O/ i3 O G6 \/ Z
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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.) [- M) A+ F$ x
: I8 t e) l5 X& FA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
4 F7 r0 F E; q9 p \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.
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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." N( V G+ X0 l- f: J
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