Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects% _% |/ Q6 ?" q! B1 D+ |
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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.
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.1 H8 X5 ]0 l6 L3 ^8 P! }* s
5 c `! I. u" i. F. m/ YExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.* V0 c. h) L- r0 \6 T! d) C
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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.4 B }1 G H. g9 X) N
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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:
7 j7 \* N' ~( o/ cA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
6 s f: |; F7 x5 S- y( ^& xThe 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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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./ u$ I" ?' v# q2 w: V2 I
1 Z8 m" Q! B+ o3 G/ `1 ^& o0 LA 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 U: ?# F0 z- H5 m# g! }
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., a6 `) Q! x& ?2 G0 j- Q. f5 K# Z6 ]
. h1 h# }6 E3 pThe 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.& y. h- {6 d, |
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