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' e8 S; B/ \8 b/ ePhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.* }" a; y. I/ G+ z3 e; N
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, D2 S- Y! k* s9 Y2 M' PRMA 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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% s+ N+ B1 `) D- R- DThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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7 W# `$ Y! Q/ oExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk., Q6 G( k- V# {& a0 h7 H9 V
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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.4 E) t+ `, L0 `; G3 e
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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.' L4 E0 V. o: q# l3 k% i1 d2 h
, h, X0 O5 ~# _The following text is from RMA Architects:5 R% I9 V1 y N; p% U; P
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.3 D1 \0 j y$ h) L) X: M* S$ T4 o
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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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.: B9 B: B/ z9 o
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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) v* o! Q7 P4 a3 yThe 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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) L$ o9 t& W( r- f1 H$ FIntegration 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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