Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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3 y1 V! n: `/ U: KPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.! G0 k3 r: A* Q7 {: |
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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.; I* M$ _0 N W B% g. U* W9 J
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.1 h% d* g# V5 x. {, t
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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.% x8 N6 a9 L/ I; b: S T/ z
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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.2 P! e4 K/ F8 C
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
1 Q+ U( _, A, EA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
9 x, I' w) h) O: c- hThe 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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|5 B% v: E7 K# Z6 ^ x/ v! _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.3 ~: O7 Y G; g3 g% E7 g3 ?
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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.+ D9 q, ^. ~" C0 U# `4 {8 z. |
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.
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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./ X. h8 Z; l3 ^% k& ~
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