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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# z V- @' |/ A' }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.+ a, K1 q c3 C" _: r( i" Q/ 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.1 i! Y8 B8 {, B$ N
1 v4 Q3 I( [9 z( i- s5 XExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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/ A0 M V- q& `; V |1 j/ y6 s! cThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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! L$ {. H0 `0 _( B; mEdmund 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." J; i+ H* I; ?; B
6 d, s: d m# a" F9 ^The following text is from RMA Architects:
0 T/ l) I/ E' n9 O: G) c9 ?. ?2 MA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
! S, a; |9 e) e D# x* d7 pThe 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.0 T S% `, J( u9 X1 g
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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.
; [% c% O! i7 g4 F7 b* |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.; a( B, I$ I$ X+ V% J+ i
- Z" s* C8 j# q; xThe 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.) b. \0 u T: Y8 h
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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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