Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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Photographer 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.
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.! h. y- B6 V1 \" F; N! [; N
1 T2 \ D q: T: r: b& ]Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.+ Q) N3 b2 t" @% ]5 r7 L
9 _1 K' D2 I( H3 u! E8 L# c2 oThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.8 b3 A, ^8 n! S* ?
6 Z* N$ U6 L* Q6 tEdmund 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.; [! W5 ^' u: n! x- D
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
9 i" T2 e, L- V/ J( m) d2 [A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.8 W( k7 \, T" d2 L
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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" Q" K; z! v! q$ i7 j" q! xThe 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.' o4 g$ \* ^. S: u9 H# Z ^8 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.
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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.5 ]5 X1 p* u' A0 y1 a
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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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