Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects. H' @# F8 b: M5 |1 T& i
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7 Q) b! v- |& Q) f$ e' HPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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' c; z5 M# V* ?/ b1 Z6 RRMA 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., _& Q5 E$ T- e) O- u' v0 l6 q$ c
% Z1 `. G) }+ z/ t2 Q ~Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. y0 R% f6 j+ J$ v W- l
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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.
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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.. b* E' r. B F$ V# z
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The following text is from RMA Architects:1 o {# s; ` e3 H
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
7 Q; h2 X, E1 l% j ZThe 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.
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- Q: V! `8 y/ m6 qThe 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." }( Z. M, j3 F* f
1 b8 k/ k' c+ i% f% VA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
- \( `0 O# ?& e* Y& J' CGlass 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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: _7 {1 F# c" @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.; _. S1 p* A. c8 H9 n+ @0 O) U
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3 |8 r$ k& ?. ]+ ]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.+ W4 M3 @" N+ S% O
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