Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects : _3 Z( x# |6 H7 c 0 \# M: K# o* [ ! X2 U6 ?) w* b% Y8 E2 NPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. 0 U% f9 _7 W1 _7 h0 |) G [/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. " A* [5 t  ~1 D: J7 Y, u 6 y% R& k5 z" O0 E& a) CThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. # v, t; a4 z+ }3 ~7 J1 X. { Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. 5 O3 @, f5 _7 k3 w9 x 0 A: `2 Q2 f5 NThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. 8 ~9 X! L  n# o( O8 hEdmund 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. The following text is from RMA Architects: A 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. 9 D5 t; T1 I( |( k" w # W& p- y) D* j7 B" _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. 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. 9 f3 Z( p5 a4 R+ L) {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. / |% T% D5 g# y+ E$ S; ~# x' | 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. & W! b) w0 C$ ?2 Q( |! P  [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. ! V# B+ ?$ t7 {; Z' x) A" N

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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。。。