Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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5 q2 ^0 j# V, B3 X$ T- N3 jPhotographer 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.- B5 ?0 ]0 x8 `7 o
- r* N( }( a4 {8 m. eThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.8 N9 X( L0 X5 x* ]! \7 y* | E2 a6 C
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk., Q" w" i$ s) E6 B" F
/ \" H/ k4 Q. E; h# Z' wThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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! A" w5 k. H+ w7 jEdmund 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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" B/ h7 l2 E sThe following text is from RMA Architects:
# f5 a6 h8 e% }, i8 O3 FA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.6 Z& T! v5 h6 P! e
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.) x9 h( v; I$ U. W' T# ^" Z: N6 T9 j
! x) A) P, v: tThe 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.
" g4 R7 a, S- f: i' RGlass 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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- K- |; t. k4 K* { w! i9 J7 _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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6 P2 Q) n# \9 l0 k9 Y i. _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.& I3 U2 ] p" S2 R7 V, B
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