Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects: G) i- U# e p( M1 Q% ?& b
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; O* T3 a+ U; T3 S# C- f% U2 uPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.6 B$ g- F3 J6 Y5 u: i/ n6 I+ u% a
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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.
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) A+ _$ d3 G V! @3 s7 |Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.: D) v: r, G5 N9 y5 x# A! X
" ~( ]: T# h+ z% ~" IExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.7 r$ l* }+ m" G! u2 V' L! B; U
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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.
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2 Z8 m- a0 ~! }# UEdmund 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.- ~, o9 d" Z6 L# {* w z* V# G9 z/ g
4 D% G7 i* T5 ^- \% U6 F6 M* QThe following text is from RMA Architects:# @# Q+ e2 Z$ x# d' _) j% Z
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
7 j, ~% Q' `; m# 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.; b7 B& e7 X% g5 T) o
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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.
0 o6 w- V5 `+ z3 ~8 v% p) hGlass 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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& }- ]4 i' q! w0 S8 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: ^, J7 d; q( G1 n, B) h
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2 U0 k- T% x3 O7 _! WIntegration 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.) _, ?3 G- e# _: `7 j9 Z0 j
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