Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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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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6 c! Q* }' Q. l; J* Q8 i) QRMA 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.1 o; N4 K* i3 p, M; [6 c
3 |& O- ]9 G7 T8 uThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.7 u7 Y. y, Z9 p/ h+ b1 X1 Z
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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.; p0 b+ U0 v I7 h8 \' h3 n R" x z
( Z: h- x7 D( _ g6 |" |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.& F4 o; k5 n7 x9 k6 H" a* w
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The following text is from RMA Architects:5 a9 x L# `% w. j
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.. Y- M8 s. U) _1 j
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.
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7 k: M) [# p/ q3 AThe 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.+ S- u( s" ^% ]- R6 K
@+ [% E3 `5 k7 PA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.: ^" O! [0 g* U
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.- U0 |9 R+ M, x0 L
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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., h; \; @8 @6 x# A* {1 F
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