Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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, N0 Y: o; p2 qPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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& ^" T6 s6 Q# q' Y B: k# [ kRMA 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.% j7 `6 Y9 q2 m# |$ Q6 P
1 Y6 \% s, z7 B% YThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.! y; p% @0 j4 s2 v3 v$ z5 n
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.6 r$ [) e' @- ^/ h/ B* \6 y) @
4 W( \9 h& G, v4 oThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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# W/ W! E6 n4 }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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# k8 U# e8 e; E2 S1 w& h6 HThe following text is from RMA Architects:
: ^3 \6 \3 p% K% A1 sA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.2 ` T1 r' |) {( h0 k {
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." G$ l' @, _' o5 V. ]! P# a
$ A H" M4 z! 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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" y) w; O* x# c: s# h8 [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.' J3 e+ {, f! {* g, k1 t" C
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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: T7 S1 D3 g- L- V$ |8 F9 `3 _+ FThe 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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( L& k$ Z" O1 IIntegration 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. o7 P1 P/ D2 ?9 K% O% `9 s v
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