Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects# E& ]+ ?, E) ?
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; L1 {# u, u9 V; S( t( Z6 q3 y d* rPhotographer 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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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.8 [2 j _$ d6 I# n8 S
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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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Edmund 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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+ P* @) Y& S9 Q8 d0 M2 aThe following text is from RMA Architects:
& n5 j) |- r; a+ S! P$ YA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.: M/ @4 }' h. @3 I) m7 j8 J
The 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./ G) W- s+ f6 `4 `- S6 U, j
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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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% D: K% Z- Q* ~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.$ U4 R* {! _: X o" N2 p3 L2 D$ s! M ~& F
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.) v+ u9 \7 B0 N5 I" K. L/ O
) w4 X5 \2 p) d0 ?2 N& k/ Z9 sThe 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.8 w* ~& ^/ x! B0 O/ f# e' c
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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.1 a6 o+ {" \! x+ L( L
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