Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects' m5 p3 _5 U7 ?9 t7 v9 p
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, ~! _& f8 q4 [3 u3 d: H2 NPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.5 [7 A' y+ d- G- n
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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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" s- I6 J7 Z3 q9 ^* Y' FThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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- N5 r0 @% k( p0 x% GExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.5 V5 t6 I2 }* h& w2 j+ z9 Q8 z
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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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) y: x0 R3 G2 n% G" v( tEdmund 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.0 s5 G. {. `; B% ?6 }& H" G8 O
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The following text is from RMA Architects:2 S. A+ [" ~( s( i6 e5 s4 S" y* z9 L7 m
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.3 j4 `2 p0 M w6 s
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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; v- K( x' D/ N/ Y. SThe 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.& D' l2 C, \# ^) l) o. F& ~1 {! {* m
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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.
- [! X6 c, P$ 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.) A4 F. t! g3 h; \6 s
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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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' F) ^% ^# v6 i) f HIntegration 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.# N: C5 V. N8 f& T$ R
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