Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects3 Z( i4 n! K* k1 e+ [
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: Y/ L* H0 S. w! Z( x) JPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.# T6 B, I; L5 U# {( S) F) i
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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.
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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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./ n5 ^# S/ l- Q
( t) o _8 O3 y6 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.
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The following text is from RMA Architects:% b, X }% n% a7 B" j. C( ^' R
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.9 p, ]- N; H+ d8 Q3 m/ o8 ^
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.3 v5 D1 E9 e& Q8 K- l
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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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0 o' N1 ?0 @& ?( |/ q5 KA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
7 s3 a+ e' _0 Z. ]7 t' l8 yGlass 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.; D! D" u G0 j9 b k- ~
8 H. h6 V" ]* mThe 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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) I5 ~& a% p$ J- x V! c" D! \Integration 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.* }7 D! r4 I% N7 B/ \1 F
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