Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects; X' `: `5 I/ k/ @; H# z; ]
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.2 r$ v! ~% l9 S& l' t- e% N) x
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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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) G8 x% c9 Q+ y! n. w- u. l& e+ p+ wThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.0 R" _! B$ C6 s1 g5 g( m m
& x* V9 c3 z) Q# F) H) p! v8 QExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.9 [/ L1 `6 Z1 W& W' I: i
) z% u9 C. s1 I8 d" T3 vThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.' E; U8 X* R' C% `: x2 F! v
/ P T* J/ p( R7 yEdmund 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 p8 u+ F5 A j6 T* F$ N4 p/ A
, Q. d$ q5 h! |) j5 t; h. Z6 U M4 ~The following text is from RMA Architects:& o9 S. j/ i# S6 I9 p1 R
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
9 {0 U; [- I5 R! w' lThe 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.
: M0 L2 D0 c @+ ]8 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., K1 w0 q: x" i9 w m& s
; h: q% D# e; X# B ?" p+ B* R% J# sThe 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.- G* L; ^8 c' B& w$ b
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) a" O/ W' e" k0 t- h: _- XIntegration 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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