Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects2 \) x" e# J+ D/ F) O' B# A7 S
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.4 Z ]* t0 o1 s
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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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& k/ L6 G3 J3 \' L/ ]3 VThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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v& E8 v! G4 TExisting 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.
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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.
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3 U- k5 [$ e$ y* ~3 J' dThe following text is from RMA Architects:! t6 G+ a8 B2 M/ ~
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.' H$ S( [7 J* G* v! s) u
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.# h3 H3 \. G8 z) ]5 u/ Q
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. z- I& q% E9 u7 c: ^/ `
6 v1 v( O$ ?& q3 x8 t0 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.! W7 l z& e3 x; H# i% ?' {4 s) f# ?
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, j, t1 y. C+ O1 d8 k9 vIntegration 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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