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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4 q4 V! L7 \2 S* sThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.+ ?* N$ w5 e, H$ N% H
, g9 C0 X8 z6 @, r5 wExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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6 m& k& s: @' v7 c4 s, t6 E [The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.9 U- e6 w6 a& M( G
_' e6 N$ G- l7 F0 J, mEdmund 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.! l2 [6 p6 _0 N! N, `
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The following text is from RMA Architects:& E, I/ Y- e9 r" e. {9 q
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.5 b+ X2 s& d: B
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." i# k9 r% P( U3 O$ e
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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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) s3 I8 _" N* J8 P1 j6 F" aA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
# G9 i( _ K2 A" K4 qGlass 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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/ M; M( R k2 y1 ~- iThe 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.5 ~- U/ E5 Q* z; _- y, K0 k
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