Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects 8 c8 ~1 _! P9 a5 Q, ~0 V4 h   s+ M! Z$ U; ~: x Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. ) e0 `' m( O% k& _9 o[/url][url=http://www.rmaarchitects.com/] 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. ; X4 Z  c5 r/ Q1 K+ f; D) _/ `9 z 2 E& g1 A9 ~1 D$ ]* G" e+ o6 b2 LThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. % h5 T, @8 i" j1 B. b; fExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. " I0 r6 Q0 p. bThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. 5 R7 R4 R1 g4 @% \ 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. The following text is from RMA Architects: , m# v: r3 B# i  a+ wA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai. 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. / B! i9 R4 i" s; Q2 X ( f0 j+ d9 R) b, d5 ~! T1 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. $ F8 W; P# n  D5 {4 S - ]7 B7 Q" A6 ]+ }" BA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form. 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. The 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.   [Search:DCION 9 z8 s* x0 W9 }7 B: g* sIntegration 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. - W4 K- h6 m& [' u

金属的外壳！怕不怕吸热！{:soso_e122:}

是金属吗？夏天会不会太热？
9 r1 l6 e6 k# _  }9 r, x要是里面也有图就更好了

woding，有里面的图就好了。。。