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.0 ?# i) q3 z+ F. J
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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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# }$ W. @0 }* c6 Z) v' WThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.( {% a L0 Q& {! V6 Z I) ]
5 u7 h g6 G# Z; a9 ]6 x( L0 GExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.; R4 O1 e8 m" O
9 G. q$ w, ? L" Z" AThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.! S! n+ z- t* M( N) F- a
" J& Q- g% Y' W( M0 g' P0 OEdmund 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.6 m9 }3 [, g' o! h
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The following text is from RMA Architects:$ P- V# x0 G" i% q; t5 b- z
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.5 r' w- D3 {1 R/ N5 Y0 f
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.
& i0 d# l$ E" _( GGlass 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.
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. O; V# k' A( v) \1 I+ }# _1 q, _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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