Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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5 R' w+ K- C4 }3 R! {Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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. U* F# b V: m# K q8 ~& 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.
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2 u' d8 r" O0 [" j9 M7 W6 _Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.# F/ p* R- T; l: J; c
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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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.+ d7 G% o8 a4 @% z0 V
+ }& @3 |, Q' y/ i5 L/ YEdmund 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./ r( f0 C5 L7 w& B2 V
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
7 O' n4 ]! M& J% F3 V4 lA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
6 H) I" a1 K3 n0 }# M4 zThe 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.
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- T. E9 j$ L$ T7 f. 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.
4 a+ L$ S5 E+ j* M1 xGlass 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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: g- p4 `0 }' X# W8 {' U. @6 @1 }) XThe 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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* y& i# E5 z! @6 w. [( HIntegration 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.
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