Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. [/url][url=http://www.rmaarchitects.com/] ; V/ N9 }: ]8 G4 \0 T8 U  `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. ; X7 w$ S+ |+ F& R9 ~Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. ( w5 l" i" A/ _ 4 W5 j( Q! q  v+ M: vExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. / s# X, i/ I/ O 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. ' D0 B$ Y( `. H! L+ X! qThe following text is from RMA Architects: A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai. / Y9 E& N' I" s- ~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. * x; N- q2 K7 Y8 A+ p8 b+ b# A8 ^/ y 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. $ F: V3 \. D# n0 u% p) m/ ]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. 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. . d1 K  T0 U" }# } 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.   [Search:DCION * ~( ]. g9 ?" }/ }2 G( E 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. & @5 h# u' j% {

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金属的外壳！怕不怕吸热！{:soso_e122:}

是金属吗？夏天会不会太热？
要是里面也有图就更好了

woding，有里面的图就好了。。。