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.0 [& K3 y A A; w
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.; t. S( D; K6 q/ _
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.0 k& W$ U% ^ m8 h! r4 A
/ O; r9 A% _$ `6 p, Z5 |$ mThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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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.
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9 H4 R' U9 n$ L' H( p% `& E3 C4 WThe following text is from RMA Architects:
6 A! Y; } ?# j5 B5 r0 H; `- {5 NA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.5 J3 R( u% Z$ c' [
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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- P$ H- `: q1 [3 `! Q# S2 pThe 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.
0 {$ q2 {4 q1 f) \% d+ D- d* E- KGlass 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.4 O% o) `/ Z: G' x
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/ d5 K. w- Q. FIntegration 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.* ?0 H( Q, ^; q9 k
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