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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% m2 z( h5 b* Z! V8 g) BThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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* F" l- y9 L9 |( PExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.1 g3 E: \. M' G1 N, t! \6 N
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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.9 V+ T8 b3 r: F& U& G# }
7 D+ N8 l: H; Q7 ]) uEdmund 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.' Z6 I9 ~/ e+ n/ G& O& E3 ~
, G2 o- R8 D- h+ L8 [4 pThe following text is from RMA Architects:" v* ~$ C. u# U, j: z2 l; S2 x) [
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai." w/ ^3 a$ _+ n6 m( X0 j
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.
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9 [) ^$ r' E- b9 g! w8 u/ `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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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.$ P% f3 k! U: O W' Y
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.
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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.! a1 M/ z- z# h+ E5 B8 j
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F" ~, y, F1 GIntegration 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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