Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects; t4 {+ }' s8 z4 t/ `1 ?4 _# s
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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., `- ]+ b) q, F6 C
$ c4 s/ ^( }' i1 |Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace./ m' R! p% \& n
! f5 P5 w' y8 K9 N; b- v gExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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' |; W H( R" `& i6 L; ?0 GThe 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.: r, i0 b: h# ~8 l
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
" `) _' ]" g; o& M' QA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
) }& r5 v! m7 X) }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., ^% \( {! j% Y
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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.9 r8 n- I. Y) w1 W( d' Y' M7 F
- ]5 D" R3 _; q9 [7 U( XA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.4 @. Z- w* W2 U1 t7 q9 J0 i: t4 W
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.7 X1 V9 B' d' Z) @: j
' V) W/ l6 E( F+ p1 eThe 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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& D" U# t/ e- @: bIntegration 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., H- Y4 n5 T, a
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