Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects# I7 ~$ @/ C$ g
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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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0 B7 s7 Y7 j }6 O3 e+ S. r- w! NRMA 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.* V+ y2 Y6 l3 _& l6 _- y
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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& h! T0 b7 I4 u! e) ?7 x5 `) SExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk." q# ^/ b( K& f6 p6 A
; c! X) z8 y4 z# e! a* C# m- c: h& Y( cThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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& }) m' b+ }% o4 W5 S! \6 t4 [Edmund 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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The following text is from RMA Architects:
& J& d6 c" y- {3 a# Q) t( EA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
' ~8 ]5 H* }$ NThe 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." w; e A9 v0 f
( f5 D* P+ l2 Q) E4 f9 @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.. [+ _& w8 S, O8 p) z
6 `" r9 [& R2 U/ j3 Y. q- ZA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.: c7 ~/ ^3 c8 T4 ~9 p& o8 {
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.! Z) o0 y4 Q/ I) v9 d
4 }0 k- i' K$ k9 ]/ i% J- A- |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.' z0 f+ s; s* j# p1 f* K. c3 {
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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.
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