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 E# w5 i' F, A
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9 o+ Y& R r) Y$ M2 {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.
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- V+ j- w5 K5 h, q9 uThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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$ b8 M: b D$ X! k3 tExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.5 b* S* A3 z3 c! e. u2 T" M5 K/ X
) X& f3 L. _8 h# R4 a6 R" pThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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% }6 x; Z% L! F2 bEdmund 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:
' P6 H% A3 K: [5 g" u( m: qA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
( `8 ]7 ~) r- b/ s; a, cThe 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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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.
9 l8 ?# u+ O: `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.% Z4 O' B! p5 B! R' F5 x" T
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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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1 q; M4 \ j# T- @: O: |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.( f2 j( W9 y3 ~/ |$ Y! L9 M+ p
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