Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects : t& n# ?  u: f# R Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. [/url][url=http://www.rmaarchitects.com/] ( |2 ^% Q% j! ~4 j, }5 ]- w" n( z% eRMA 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. - L7 b, V; R; M Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. ) U) f$ A5 O, d, t3 R  M - y) f* m! t+ t% y% NExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. & |) l3 y8 H, S# o. hThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. % B4 r, f) k- j1 O9 vEdmund 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. # H8 |6 f$ ?. c1 t  Y/ [% ]7 UThe following text is from RMA Architects: % I6 C! ^+ M. e3 eA 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. / |7 [" G' a# o2 ^; O ( J2 y! [% H$ s4 t* Z  ~: D% aThe 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. ( H/ O) @" C' |: Y2 r( C9 U 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. 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. - Z6 H" _, v+ c8 h" @7 c 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. + p/ A+ k( K( J5 ^  [Search:DCION 0 z# S" z/ u" R( 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. % g- J! |% {7 o

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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？
' r( `" E5 o8 d2 k8 [要是里面也有图就更好了

woding，有里面的图就好了。。。