Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects1 }6 l N" E# S v) h2 i
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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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9 Z W" m1 ^! ?! K3 U) ]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.2 |$ V- G% c! D" o* S
/ _7 a% K. I" ~' N t. Q5 P; nThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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$ [ @' H- w& ?; ~7 fExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.$ k6 a- }0 ]/ J" j( m1 ?+ z8 N
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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 z5 C# A+ M) P5 ?2 `! J3 f
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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.
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4 y& M5 h! H4 GThe following text is from RMA Architects:. W) l" a) t8 k2 y( G. ]. {
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.8 n9 l. x$ o3 B( _ N, \8 [/ S
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.( X# ~ E0 n5 F7 ?- C5 L3 t
. x' V" W# p7 v% j1 bThe 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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& d u7 {$ ~3 GA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.( R! N; V" N- M/ W
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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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." l* W3 v1 w( E& B
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" S5 O$ z! J$ T$ K' [% sIntegration 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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