Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects, X- D/ K. {2 x. P( _
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2 R3 R1 s! H- A% ^: kPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.* D: C% G( m* c' b- c4 d5 @
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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.
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' F3 y3 x' X1 E& g" DThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.3 @% |- O* ~ |9 V! b
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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% T5 J& ]! U4 o+ w" d! N: ^6 VThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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) C6 h9 L; G2 J" g1 K/ N+ [5 YEdmund 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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$ J+ I, C1 J( e2 A AThe following text is from RMA Architects:3 r, A/ t% d" [5 R
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
: u! }4 x$ h; }% xThe 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./ a9 [& c; t5 j/ v
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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 C4 R2 q5 D J1 u% g" w' _) _% k
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A lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form., t+ n1 T! E, u; j9 ~' E
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.1 \2 l5 `& d" f$ e6 H% M$ L% G
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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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