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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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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3 N. S" S1 J# @- c8 W. l% c: q4 VThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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; B. [: K8 c4 p' ]' @) L. Y+ dExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.7 Z) @& c {4 C
' E7 j& n) c2 j! `; N8 ~$ [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." Q% s* C% j9 S+ M3 T
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
* h( u9 u" \9 I1 u9 [A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.9 x r+ H$ M2 a9 k1 B* K X3 B' G
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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/ q7 U" ^! w& z% R3 f8 ~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.
, H; G4 d+ y3 M) y! P$ `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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( n; x! E; }" S, s, OThe 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.7 M5 ~: ], y( B; [% M7 o( k
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