Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects5 a H, r! E$ L- N, f
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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.* ]/ W" T0 r" O
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. ?- y' m+ l0 ]5 r5 F1 s
: i" i( j, l; k2 b) a/ O" l: wExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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" N- c; C: N) Y+ d& _The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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- H2 e9 K3 K' ^4 ?+ fEdmund 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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! m, j- A; G4 Z8 `* TThe following text is from RMA Architects:! Y4 G: U; D+ v: N; D
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
4 E+ { f& a5 G$ nThe 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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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.4 _2 j) H6 F, G" h- i. O" w
, y3 l3 @5 _: PA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.' r4 B0 A. A: {8 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.
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) {6 _" u& R! k- Y+ 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.
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) E) F6 Z2 U1 `# R6 F% X7 V( xIntegration 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." B9 G `8 G+ m \
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