Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects 0 D/ z: b; H2 F9 KPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. ( f8 ^: i5 o7 X* r' j8 J [/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. 8 ~. t% o( b0 f* I; _* \ Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. - H& `7 ~/ t. G7 J" R/ S2 @Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. 1 [" O( {* T5 r  i( ~ 9 b: W, ?  P. |2 c( X1 PThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. * U0 B- b$ Z$ O" ]. ] 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: . ]' S+ \3 {. |% S0 uA 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. " F+ H  P# L. g$ F( I 2 w; H/ N5 u! t1 A+ }5 p5 \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. 3 \3 m, Q+ z: u 0 P- m3 }) S* W4 n( DA 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. " c2 I: r* A3 `+ ]8 d& m3 }. C) `8 h 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   z5 U3 {# w7 n" K# g" @$ {8 d 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. - a: E! m# ^3 C$ G! c' E- L: H

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金属的外壳！怕不怕吸热！{:soso_e122:}

是金属吗？夏天会不会太热？
要是里面也有图就更好了

woding，有里面的图就好了。。。