Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects4 S' @- d3 p* n! O2 w" L, z
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, `9 g7 b* e8 u; c( z% v F8 QPhotographer 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.
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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.
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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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* J3 R9 y* p, b2 v) y. VEdmund 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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9 `# n9 l8 F: N5 q# wThe following text is from RMA Architects:. N/ N K9 ? E9 ~' m6 k
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.. W& u& R* V3 I" y! ~$ N& s0 `
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.& @% d U p$ J0 L+ A/ c
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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 U/ P) g8 N" w' y! h8 c; `( h
- X4 f. w; Z1 {8 k# _( m9 Y D8 CA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.* V. N8 J$ L1 N4 ^
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.
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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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