Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects 8 o+ ?6 b8 v# X, G# y Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. + Q6 J: `# X5 [, ][/url][url=http://www.rmaarchitects.com/] 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. ( ?# Q1 S) F/ S+ z2 B Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. " m7 {6 ?7 \; \1 S9 l The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. 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. : K, f- z' g4 ]1 T+ k( d The following text is from RMA Architects: A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai. 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. - R6 J+ ?9 ]0 S4 ~ 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. 4 w1 Y4 c( u- B+ p9 V; L4 H4 U / C' H6 C& k+ B7 t1 R- C6 q  dA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form. 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. 6 H+ m- H3 r$ H' U 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. & j* T3 p6 I6 H: X6 y  [Search:DCION * V1 e% [1 M9 JIntegration 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. - W" x8 C7 I* O$ l, Y0 C

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金属的外壳！怕不怕吸热！{:soso_e122:}

是金属吗？夏天会不会太热？
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woding，有里面的图就好了。。。