Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects + Z0 Q0 Y+ W; B8 MPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. [/url][url=http://www.rmaarchitects.com/] 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. % `& r7 i) K) b$ D" Y Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. 5 `' u5 B% x1 G  k' SExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. ! x" a' D- a2 b The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. ' T8 `( |: J% ?9 H9 r6 vEdmund 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. 4 ?" ^( l* [2 r4 H# q* O4 hThe following text is from RMA Architects: . \! S; _* ]7 _A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai. 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. ! f" \7 B: s2 ], ^3 Y 2 r3 s. Z6 H9 y) p& wThe 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 lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form. % y' l4 {% t6 y4 u1 m: hGlass 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. 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. 0 E; H/ D4 L6 l" ^" s$ i* j6 D

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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？
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woding，有里面的图就好了。。。