Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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3 p: T* h. @. M0 Z2 T Q$ }" nPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum." z3 q \ v% z" W4 |) {9 W
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* H# J- j8 X. l7 {3 YRMA 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., f2 Q/ T( B& u0 }! Q" r
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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/ ]$ l- m" G. @8 C3 P; 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:
7 J& y7 E& Z, H( h( rA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
- K( o- a! X: ?: SThe 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.
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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.8 T) A6 q! L/ u$ i7 f" ?1 D
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.) G7 d/ b) W ]" V) g/ K( U
& P$ x; a, v6 D8 m: C6 n: h2 F( dThe 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.) l2 `& Z1 U! m$ ^
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6 X+ g2 L0 [" ?0 {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.+ B4 U. F$ e) n; R- m9 A
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