Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects, L( x2 @7 F% g5 Z' I* N' K
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.: G) s+ r- Y) @% f, ?
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S6 A8 F! T1 _2 P% Q1 q) f+ IRMA 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.- o8 Z, @& v* ]9 l- d+ y9 K) P
* W! B# k" n: AThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.% P: d, l3 ~ @% n; M! ~% I
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.# d$ a7 M1 l" _7 i
) u" P1 ]- Q6 g# m* v% yThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.& s Q, r0 w# M& e8 {" S) t
, O, i; [& _1 K: h" @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.' {! q: Z8 @/ w w$ \
) n, g% r" d1 r- z1 d8 M/ m0 mThe following text is from RMA Architects:( ~& j. C3 O" B
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai." W7 c/ l: a2 P# [
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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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.6 ?1 y1 G$ ]( r6 h
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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.
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% B. G7 I. [! [: 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.
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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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