Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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+ R' T1 b: H6 ^9 l& j. R8 CPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.5 s+ r/ y0 u0 ?
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7 l4 c+ R0 f7 ^ o2 oRMA 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., V# J. S+ ] u9 H# S8 b/ v
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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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; d( @$ J0 I" |* N: }5 p& VThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.0 d/ ~" m: }2 h% J: M" v
& }7 R) w* o: [+ S# e* VEdmund 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.7 j; A9 y n- d
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The following text is from RMA Architects:" |' M# `3 Y+ Y
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
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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.! E% n. L# I- x4 _/ b
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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.
4 S9 c: @8 H+ k: ]/ d1 ZGlass 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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2 D- U( ~* i! `7 l. S8 O5 OIntegration 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.1 l2 e0 U$ i9 S2 [; s G
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