Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects, l' \% ?% a& n4 {* J9 q/ q2 B
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. k. q. W& |- C0 O+ YPhotographer 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.
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( z3 o' F8 d, @; C) Z3 D, DThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.8 U6 ^" v: D- z' j1 _+ k D
+ g7 v2 @0 T! E$ Y* MExisting 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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, d: `9 H) @% d7 t$ ]- m7 q4 REdmund 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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The following text is from RMA Architects:, q2 x) z( h% l. l- P0 a" D1 e* `
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
% J% }$ |4 J9 Z C' rThe 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.9 S. ] L2 K' I3 _
3 v* k& B. j+ ^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.9 _2 a4 Z& ]5 O( L
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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. d2 J4 s7 p1 N' b( }% S
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.3 X- Y' F& r" [! a- F
; B$ E% r0 { fThe 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.* V& O0 ` F9 H* z' @
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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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