Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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5 l* p3 r4 u- w# p" \Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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$ f$ V3 J" f5 q3 Y+ pRMA 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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' [9 J z, q! x# ]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.& d9 h& j; H3 H' w- o$ C
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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.- r' s1 k- x+ \' f. ^0 s* j
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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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The following text is from RMA Architects:" G# P, j8 H) ], A
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai." T- N! H" i+ L2 J3 }( p
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.
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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.2 g, O# N' m M" S
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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.. z' |. C9 f/ Q. } d# O: D8 Q
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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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.# u0 n0 i; {: {8 g1 y+ X
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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.- x) W$ j; Z0 S; m1 o
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