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( f% }8 l$ F; e6 n0 b$ N! tPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.# P+ m' k7 P0 X
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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.! }" w- ?& G8 `
* h4 F$ j* e8 w. K# W# s! bThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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4 {! m1 X k& q% I0 T% CExisting 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. w, C1 x+ M% T& e5 {# t
5 S% B" m4 s1 l# D+ fEdmund 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:5 D2 o6 t5 ~" N9 E0 i' J: u# D
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
% [$ Q1 b' o% U) V, v4 \! jThe 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.; r2 k4 w# }7 u4 X; k2 G
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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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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.* g7 {" i2 s) h( H3 ^) |! F: T
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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6 U3 n X/ Z7 `% I' B9 G0 WThe 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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! z3 }' [; S, n% Z% jIntegration 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.4 I: L8 p& N8 d1 i4 l$ s. ?1 U3 j
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