Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects( t& C, m8 O5 _: A/ S. d" p2 F% r
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9 @1 f7 u ?& r8 ^$ Q5 M5 K7 i- _% V. ]Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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9 u9 t! o1 h! i; y K; ?: D y) JRMA 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.) V+ f5 b( e7 S* F& o
E5 B- ~2 ]& OThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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4 W' |! V' \, QExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.4 S& a1 \, A# Z
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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.6 Z, G8 t6 I: m6 g; h; @1 F% u
# m5 S" i5 o1 u9 U1 D- kEdmund 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.9 t" i# B+ G8 q6 l1 `
0 Y, }0 P) P4 j- `: qThe following text is from RMA Architects:& [( {3 |; ~, P
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
) r2 C( D- L' k# U9 cThe 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.0 r) z* m' @* K
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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.
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7 S( V& K0 T5 ~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.
7 f. o' ~1 o2 Y' ?) xGlass 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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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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: F" u% r# A- H& p7 p% nIntegration 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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