Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects# Z7 l9 a9 z- s
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.5 V; M4 }8 j5 N
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6 |2 x- L2 ~3 s, G& G @9 gRMA 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./ }9 m$ b" m4 Z+ F2 t& S
2 N: \: t2 Z/ f3 BThin 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.
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1 ]4 |0 j( v$ EThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets., U. W" s" l2 x8 |/ k8 t) x
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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.: \" l& w) g( m! E
5 a. z$ g+ E* ?% L$ YThe following text is from RMA Architects:
+ I6 O7 k c5 K" |% H9 LA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
* Y! O1 h# {5 K4 _7 AThe 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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6 K# Z- @3 @9 W* U, G$ QThe 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.$ b9 L2 J) J2 d1 U- F
" Z' z6 }+ x$ C- gA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
2 g8 _2 H; ~ d/ N6 DGlass 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.# {9 A" P0 ^8 o
& G4 d2 H, `& M* V6 B' k3 J' l! iThe 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.
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( R/ p2 ^/ `% PIntegration 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.- V0 G" G7 y9 D& Y
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