Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects1 c! g3 H4 N; u$ `4 V
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.: G% f6 [$ ]( ~0 d
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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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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.# C- h, R% c+ q/ _2 t
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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/ B8 @6 x' W0 B" QThe 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.9 {3 f# q$ Q/ \$ Q# L o
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
5 k1 l9 i& X, P5 ]4 |# D1 g+ _A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
/ ~4 c ~; v. b8 l4 YThe 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.- Q8 K: a4 A6 G) i# G! u% P
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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.
! `$ S6 H+ f. KGlass 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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6 l0 r$ o( F' [7 W" p# Z. G. oThe 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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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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