Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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( ^3 e( w8 D, A0 m5 k9 LPhotographer 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.! I& p2 v7 U! R( M5 ?
$ p q% _9 W. k8 d% B6 K: }# \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.' o- K8 t3 l& a: O
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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:
. U8 _8 a( y3 bA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
. H7 p+ S- t8 k0 aThe 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.6 _* E% l: H4 b* k
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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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, T' C( E+ ^9 I4 ~' X7 IA 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 Q& f2 w( A2 z2 HGlass 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.' U, A W; F$ d2 w; u5 o3 q8 l+ B$ g
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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., I7 t6 O4 _. ]7 G# p6 B% N* r
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9 K. M0 a* F, X3 t, vIntegration 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./ T7 ] K P4 y" F" {8 G
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