Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects1 q/ h+ k# j5 u
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1 }; x2 p, _0 b5 `Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.; S5 i" Q6 P ?$ O) Z2 E3 t
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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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% f5 C1 S) d6 o# o* wThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.& D7 \, N( t9 f' O
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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.
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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.5 Q6 D: r$ ]4 t
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
4 C8 y, M$ b8 q; ]- {/ `A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
; D6 `+ n, `' c$ c" F; [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.
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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.
) s. M$ L/ @& i% `* N3 C8 bGlass 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.. Y; p6 T5 Z2 u* ]0 S8 x+ v- p
& k9 i; K% o1 D. fThe 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.. V% G4 N1 B/ D/ o. m
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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.- A/ `$ [: i. Y, h
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