Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects 5 g! D. s0 \. T/ [- }2 i Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. [/url][url=http://www.rmaarchitects.com/] 9 X. q$ N9 o/ _3 g: nRMA 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. 8 B7 y$ a( K/ ~ ( G' K) N' ]' w& Y% ~Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. 3 C; ~1 a6 f& g6 m$ E! x/ n% W & _# N4 B1 g: V- J8 g7 v" }Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. % s  t0 E5 d4 ^8 q6 \9 d1 B 3 r- F# V. r  D- B2 X8 ?The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. # g8 Z2 ~- I( J' s5 k6 X# [ : G/ g* x) z( P' |" `# PEdmund 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. The following text is from RMA Architects: A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.   w: }5 x3 @! k. |( RThe 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. 2 d0 J8 T! |: P 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. ' a( J: a) e& D0 `/ Z 3 S9 Q5 F; H4 @( cA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form. 3 i' P8 l3 f" B$ NGlass 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. 3 \: b# \' v: p 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.   [Search:DCION 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. 6 _7 W. _( o0 I& H2 f: T# n

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金属的外壳！怕不怕吸热！{:soso_e122:}

是金属吗？夏天会不会太热？
: [. u+ m# q$ r% n要是里面也有图就更好了

woding，有里面的图就好了。。。