Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects, g# Y: Z3 X* p: Y* ^4 G/ Z* D* T
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, {9 h, d- ]. m# O7 sPhotographer 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.7 Z& }% ^) Y0 s( s
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.- Q4 c7 r5 }% U/ z; ?" y
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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3 s4 h9 s9 ]# i: z7 ^3 [) |1 H# oEdmund 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.- W: n ^5 d; [: Z
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The following text is from RMA Architects:6 v# Z8 K) o" h( R. x) Y* H9 f
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
; ]2 g5 h+ }' L( V8 aThe 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.0 g5 [, q" m1 M4 c. T% n
! t1 Z! Z6 o; y7 m' gThe 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.+ S1 O1 Z, p5 Y7 p: k
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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.; w1 l0 z& T. q' ]
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.. u1 N* F4 K# b# J' b6 a j% D& L/ L0 Q
5 d, P; `; R9 S7 {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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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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