Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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! ]8 j0 @, @+ vPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.! P0 \4 N0 b) Q/ n/ W) t+ \
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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.4 h4 U! m3 I: m6 e! {) E
7 S6 o( w" G X! y: P, P( D9 CThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.7 {4 S2 f& z( p8 g% @) I" K! I
5 Z9 ~+ n# }$ ~) EEdmund 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.! {8 i. ^' S- s1 e j7 a
: H7 ]5 m6 V5 I. i: eThe following text is from RMA Architects:
i+ [% G O( p h eA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
( G, I* T: f5 f& M+ I: L2 \1 S; yThe 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.- p' y- J/ \- B) _/ P) a
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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.! ?( v" [4 c- Q8 G
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.4 a9 [% k- @% |/ o- [) v8 x
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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. \, I* l. t; o( D7 K+ e$ S
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c: j0 G7 \. f7 k, R/ p0 QIntegration 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 D' I! Z" K7 T1 o& B
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