Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects1 p8 L) |, A6 A/ J- Q, N) N
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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.- M5 ~, }- G; w6 I( }0 w
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.8 g) w- P+ ^5 P) x
( }& a$ S8 O5 m" k* H3 yExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.9 `9 n) V5 c3 T x# R H
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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.: B5 |( e) Q# H3 W
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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.) o0 F5 k0 s, L( m9 E
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The following text is from RMA Architects:: H9 F1 f- R* n( Q
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
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! G ~2 k+ k5 OThe 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.5 E: ~+ L1 E( `3 t0 q, B
/ r# {, L$ M/ X( fA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
8 |6 u0 H* v* i& F( fGlass 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.9 Z" R" R+ u* Q' R, D/ R
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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.( x( D' \: l, k
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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.
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