Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects- l2 [5 ?# V+ B" {! d
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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.
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0 W% w# K3 _" @6 lThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.( m9 {% C H0 p# R/ g0 _
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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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.& ]7 n" l; U$ \
/ Z3 T& @0 |4 }6 fEdmund 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.
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5 E2 n- r1 g6 `0 q( V, G1 jThe following text is from RMA Architects:
* b) P- I7 O( ~& w0 B0 i7 {" G4 [A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
8 i' X( d, F0 I3 n$ _$ oThe 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.3 }& `: l+ C. C% i( x
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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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3 T) D& @4 g l9 f2 q0 B( TA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.. ^3 i0 P% x" x3 l! J
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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' t# y/ i H' d5 C% ^" G. YThe 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.5 U" b5 p- J h; n, c5 c6 Q
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1 A1 f0 q/ a V% D% n1 d9 {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.( f$ O+ E) }( Q% E9 R* t) U. {% D
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