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./ s( Z- w) B5 r
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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.0 }3 h: ^0 H& ^8 }' Z0 _3 F
6 v; ]' ~( L3 p& t8 l& a7 B5 ^Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.1 w2 H& u2 o4 k0 k( @
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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.
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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.
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The following text is from RMA Architects:( n6 i; L$ p: _5 ]0 D8 o
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai., o# [7 L' o4 l0 Z* |! 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.( p/ g/ [+ R* I2 E+ @4 ~
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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.2 `7 z5 L A* y6 {! U
5 }+ Y1 e# W9 | L! rA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
/ Y( X0 _) k: s2 Y$ E1 [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./ ~. F, w, F, C
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) h( c1 Q) A! o( N3 o# [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." p0 h+ s7 ]$ n" Y" t
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