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.
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( ~! ^8 c" v$ f/ _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 E; Z! p9 b' ?( w6 E: d( A q
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.3 F4 u. H5 A5 O4 g- b( y
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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$ n, d' L) l# _8 ^. u3 kThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.# c9 u, g+ E( z; n
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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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2 V, {2 h% P4 c- m' [2 e( g4 hThe following text is from RMA Architects:/ m, \& L! f1 ]! S$ d' j
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.9 j9 `7 [7 A2 A, u# a5 m: ?8 }, T
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.( Y B, I$ K4 [9 ?+ H' v
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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.8 f7 m: i. ~8 \1 _3 r
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.9 M( T8 ?# |2 K! H
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