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.- J4 h6 Z% N6 h
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" s0 Z( `% k9 A( \1 | x+ G' {) SRMA 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.) F5 m, S- h2 d7 I
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.4 S% r7 P- _+ D8 U- f
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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.
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* u! {' k @! Y6 mEdmund 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.2 g; Q* _$ h6 v( @9 J: v! [ x
9 g% \2 Z8 ~& S2 M2 X" r1 VThe following text is from RMA Architects:
1 i7 T5 V8 q. b! o: I; W& BA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.! S3 ~3 P9 T) O) z. e5 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.
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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.
7 U8 } n* S/ |4 L; x: GGlass 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.6 O& R: P8 R. q8 O3 g t
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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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) W) S, g& f0 K% `6 D& s! u2 A/ uIntegration 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.
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