Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects $ Q! }6 t$ O; G. C7 D9 h Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. ' A: E2 ]3 D9 m7 v( V( K[/url][url=http://www.rmaarchitects.com/] 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. 0 O0 n1 N( q6 k% \! r# p) |+ VThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. 8 ?  l, m7 b7 u- ^% {2 PExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. # }: h6 w9 {* B3 q4 V % R4 X. K1 I" S6 D3 Z$ XThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. , M0 U8 U" Z( G; B* E& H( ? 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. : Y5 [& N0 s0 ?+ p- Q( T, nThe following text is from RMA Architects: 3 l0 q) }) a/ NA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai. 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. 7 M7 B! x) \1 U1 E& o8 ?* e9 iThe 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. 1 P3 [  C" T  m3 [/ q$ {1 P ( z3 Z$ O4 l% j6 s& q) ^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. 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( W; N, q( `- Z  zThe 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. ' H+ R/ T& }; h' \$ ]4 ~% H" ?: g  [Search:DCION 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. : M6 H  D) g5 k+ b1 q

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金属的外壳！怕不怕吸热！{:soso_e122:}

是金属吗？夏天会不会太热？
要是里面也有图就更好了

woding，有里面的图就好了。。。