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.# _4 |% h- Y f
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9 X. q$ N9 o/ _3 g: nRMA 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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( G' K) N' ]' w& Y% ~Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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& _# N4 B1 g: V- J8 g7 v" }Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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3 r- F# V. r D- B2 X8 ?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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: G/ g* x) z( P' |" `# PEdmund 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.9 \2 W8 G+ z8 U( {# \
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The following text is from RMA Architects:9 V0 R' m# S _1 F9 ~3 b' {6 Q
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
w: }5 x3 @! k. |( RThe 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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3 S9 Q5 F; H4 @( 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.
3 i' P8 l3 f" B$ NGlass 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.- Q; ^: ^6 G5 T' [
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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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