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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) Q2 N4 g v+ |' ]1 ]% VRMA 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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- N6 i8 h3 Y$ f* A0 W3 CThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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0 x6 }6 b) I- D* f& hExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.3 U: A! h, B1 C) b
/ ]8 I' u! w, Z! rThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.: E1 p3 q; o+ Y6 t' i8 K
2 A8 h! ?+ E0 v9 j7 K0 wEdmund 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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- J5 [8 ?# I$ _4 Z3 pThe following text is from RMA Architects:
% g- h+ e% x* \0 z1 EA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
^ X0 l/ w! _- J. x7 OThe 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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+ @ n7 w+ N2 H' D& R' }: a) pThe 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: {. G( y9 ?# h* K- x1 V- E
0 A; V3 ?8 k0 H/ Y9 _( N# v DA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
: m8 q; h7 w2 ]) b3 n. 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.- E( D* s3 v* h, n
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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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" }/ L9 K z5 O' y$ G" ~% z. ^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.7 k% W( T4 v7 F- H0 B. g
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