Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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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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7 f+ J* T. c/ }- ^% IRMA 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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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.3 x, l3 i/ T Z+ U% @+ O. ~
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.( _5 P7 A1 C( s/ I$ B
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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.% Q5 u" |- |) H! Q
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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.( T7 U6 q! W% F: W4 W
7 w7 u# w1 m6 J8 h& jThe following text is from RMA Architects:
1 D' }1 ^. F" ^( d: _( n5 qA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.# u% Q% r7 C0 O
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.3 ^1 s2 w2 S; S G5 ?$ P. @$ {, E# r6 M/ M
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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.- Z) f! O0 |* Y; T2 R( T- d+ j: { h$ M
' U% A8 K: B5 v! 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.+ J0 o, U% |' A/ e9 h6 E. q
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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5 Y" }0 \* J; AThe 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.+ @( n* a7 A7 ~2 F7 `3 d
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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.7 l: I) T* d' i! R; Z# Q
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