Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects( l4 H5 g- P- S. I- l
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L' f, u- \5 N3 g* |& m# kPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.5 b& s/ V' A, @" {
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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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/ |6 y" `6 N5 yThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.$ X3 E+ y8 q3 l( L- W( x
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.3 u' K' `/ _6 I* [; `) z; e
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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./ Y7 Z9 H' \1 r& d& E6 l/ N& I
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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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. ~7 T* s$ y5 |5 U: `- aThe following text is from RMA Architects:
`7 @2 O) q5 l/ T/ [7 OA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
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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.5 Z$ F9 m. m9 `4 x# V5 }' i
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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.$ m x* v+ M& d& `2 S) u+ p
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.( ~6 ?! {2 c4 W' l
2 O2 L' P. q" \% X. KThe 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." I$ {9 z% D# o5 ~
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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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