Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects' Y3 B6 ^/ h# ?
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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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+ e5 l8 W' E, _7 GRMA 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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, N+ @- l1 A7 m7 H( \Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.4 k4 U7 S7 B5 |: }
6 t/ V) l6 ]) c1 T' \+ [Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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% P+ v! S4 [& g5 Q! _" @- jThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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" A. |! m T- W0 \- p* k' _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.$ d/ h S* i9 D1 {8 p- M$ f
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
/ Q A) r7 C- h% C' b) F XA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.! y. }. x$ \+ W) @. v
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.
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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.
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; E+ k; a0 r. T6 v9 g( kA 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 B( l/ f/ g6 V0 \# W0 h `5 tGlass 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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; u4 t& h& j7 M8 ~) G) sThe 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.; j# \% F( M3 u& w: O
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4 l5 f" _, U. KIntegration 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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