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.& ?9 j3 \# t/ ^/ G. h
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/ A' p0 [6 j, J2 I) D! HRMA 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.
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. i0 n5 p/ l4 X5 M6 tExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.! a. c0 A, k$ {: d4 C
N1 j4 ^, s, z7 }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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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.1 i3 } b3 z$ y
$ B/ d3 }9 w, ~+ S) YThe following text is from RMA Architects:7 w5 j* Y/ E) ]
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
9 p$ c1 t; U' L0 U- SThe 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./ I' A4 ?/ Y, O0 Q4 X9 o
5 v" ?. b8 M: `0 q! f' UThe 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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& g" W3 @3 X9 O& r( @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.
, C7 D- K5 J+ q0 VGlass 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.8 L8 y. L7 }6 I/ n- S: ?
+ E* n% N" _# ^& J9 AThe 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.) u9 P: d+ h, p |4 U1 y
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