Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects" B/ q9 p( V8 Q0 [* r' a
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.8 N- b# t. v8 C" [6 v& i
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0 D7 B1 M- j4 P: ?: |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.$ n9 L0 I3 l" Q# I& Y& ~, L8 @
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.# E8 |* J1 L+ B. `
5 H7 ~ `* y+ Q" P# `0 e% bExisting 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.
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. c. h% E- V% Z$ N& DEdmund 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. C$ O2 s: g! [" O' O/ H7 C
% ~9 d- j; ]8 l- ^3 K- A" VThe following text is from RMA Architects:
0 _+ J$ a' B+ G8 d; e' oA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
4 n- a- }! C2 A8 W5 O) h+ pThe 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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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.
2 a5 D, `& ?/ \( QGlass 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.
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`1 A' b. c* z; f9 `) OIntegration 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.2 J5 P* e6 ~) Y; b/ H" {
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