Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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" s$ B2 {- G$ ?, L% b8 bPhotographer 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.7 H+ f( ~; d0 d# o
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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4 ^! u( L9 q, @: }9 ?, W: BExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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6 S+ m7 }3 n. R& sThe 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.
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
4 h3 q. B6 h: X4 I" i( SA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.5 o; A2 l. ^; F: _. i
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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3 S* n( ?8 a; u8 EThe 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." f0 J: Z% Z7 P* f
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.- V( ~, l* @( H3 z" K( E5 \
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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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$ E: K8 m# `+ e8 W, F5 y8 qIntegration 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.6 E- j6 C0 A3 N# u1 R
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