Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects' j6 ^2 D. z/ @3 {
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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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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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1 O2 x$ M5 f+ Z% p3 {Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.& I6 ?( s( Z( T. [+ V: X
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk., U9 O; }, T8 a
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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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The following text is from RMA Architects:
3 P; E' v l* P) X/ HA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
' H4 X/ P6 h% [, w P# ]7 UThe 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.# W2 O8 _& |, i% {, l* z
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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# H7 t; i v9 E/ D+ LThe 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.' z. Y. e A# s+ j" E, R" f9 W% S% Q
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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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