Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum./ ]+ l2 W6 X" s. r- X
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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.2 O- n; M+ h( X, c I* d+ f) g
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.! Z4 |+ Y" n9 e
) |, m* p6 M9 g# M9 Q0 g4 `Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.& b2 j; f; j) X
3 o- c8 _) z' g- R# u3 cThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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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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2 g9 z) Z* D j8 AThe following text is from RMA Architects:5 g1 s i4 W/ S- p+ k! M
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
5 k6 S+ w9 S' A# u& ?* z2 ^& 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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8 {: U- v' {. \8 h5 T5 d- N* JThe 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.
5 _: g' N# U l) z- F6 }9 aGlass 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., o1 \# x2 S7 T& D# n
, A5 S# v' ^; t4 f* t4 W% [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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}( Q6 S, b% U. F( f* c6 uIntegration 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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