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. W7 L2 L4 I) O3 K# i! r
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8 w/ l7 Z. H( [) `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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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.4 Q! X0 A7 y/ p; w! k2 `% x
( x" e" x1 R! M2 ^# j) _Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.- M v4 w& N) ~; [! p Q7 `8 s
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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.( a, r4 L! L# N3 S' ]. e& }2 c+ [
0 N* D& o# P7 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.* l& E! j! B( p, ~1 d
$ U9 X: u2 o; J/ z( V1 f$ lThe following text is from RMA Architects:, e: Y( a6 M% q6 g* F! g. m
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
* J+ U+ Z7 S# K! \& S" QThe 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.
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: W2 }" e3 F% u$ A2 p2 E$ A% m. ~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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8 s0 B: D# N: iA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form. v% |- P I6 b, [# _6 v' m
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." v: a& m+ o$ v% i
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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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2 j2 D* B6 a0 e7 V9 O. [ JIntegration 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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