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.$ ^7 R4 T8 r: d7 |8 U+ x0 @
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+ R. o) C$ D) a/ \! ?4 q# wRMA 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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" n9 [8 f. t2 D& x9 v3 _6 iThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.+ B7 @9 W5 y6 X- }
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Existing 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.) p3 F- D* e! S, G3 \, R
2 `0 d1 ? c4 _, k( cEdmund 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., D$ X y3 l' P/ I+ {; p$ v
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
3 w* c) v$ V9 D: }A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai., l) n" `$ t' x* t2 `
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.8 H( ?2 S0 k2 ?4 F6 ] Y s$ r0 E$ i
$ W& L0 }9 g0 v5 ^) AThe 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.
9 H7 `3 B+ u. ~$ L- R: XGlass 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.8 r$ v! e. U0 a. G! B7 o
7 O9 i2 B* }; n- _* dThe 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.3 l6 \) Q( I! K% a- Z
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5 ^( y. Y( u: ]+ D+ zIntegration 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.# M2 D8 B' V6 J6 o$ s, b- K
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