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' B) H, e; E7 d" _$ d* [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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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.& G2 V# F% ~$ P
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.( q" L ]+ C7 S2 T8 P" D( k# m8 H1 z
# x U% M9 n2 T& r* AThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.) a) Z6 ^8 a# _, `: f
% h- e% B9 h9 X# D- eEdmund 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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9 }8 E' f$ [2 E! kThe following text is from RMA Architects:
3 S9 J; [% C5 hA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
$ w* f, W% P7 o. t: A6 D+ kThe 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.: j5 Z0 A0 M/ u: s6 _/ z
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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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3 E/ Q3 B. r/ f; T* EA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
7 u4 N* H& {4 o6 A4 T- KGlass 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.7 I% X& {6 g0 P9 n9 D
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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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6 F- c; d' w v( a) Q7 E( NIntegration 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.4 J/ _! b1 ~; t% c* q% @2 [7 i2 N; m
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