Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects+ C6 F C2 B/ A( n! Q# s
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; ]- D* ~5 j9 H7 J# x: @' K& gPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.7 j) h$ l. Z7 o5 }) M( Q7 i- L
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/ H$ S- V; T* w5 m F. 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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8 f/ [2 i" `. G. l0 f0 BThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace., @( }' I: k5 \& e. S" @
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.3 \; F5 }' G# B9 }' {/ c" k
* A; g: `# ^5 I8 M }' AThe 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., d7 w! x. U$ m
: |0 C/ ?7 V- w {9 h" RThe following text is from RMA Architects:
5 p; ]" W% e/ n* TA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.1 D; I' t- u, b c6 a! r
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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; p8 b* e3 \% g% jThe 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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0 p* c9 ^5 V/ A/ [* yA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.; B. L; z' z) T
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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$ q" b& S- p) m, Z) {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.
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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.9 N; ]6 C$ Y3 L! C9 T' ^* K, u- x
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