Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects# V2 P# G" J* O. C' D4 w
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.$ _2 d# p$ O, h& l
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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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" V# c* S/ ]+ s2 Z5 M( \. \The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.& M( ?5 _) w! l; y8 [
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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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8 j) b) C' [0 Z c: Q% x, RThe following text is from RMA Architects:
# r$ l4 y6 @7 I3 d' eA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai. t8 j0 L% K8 R9 t" R0 ]7 }
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.! S8 R& u2 l5 W, }5 ^5 Q8 c
, N. ~; O. }$ C2 eThe 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.6 }4 Q6 N* ?' _: s* B6 v. Z! x+ l% o
" R4 v7 F$ @9 V$ K7 N% J! ]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.
% u5 R& Q n8 e$ D2 S1 G$ E# G) 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.0 u, C) @" P0 c W
% s6 M4 J! h3 v7 p; t ]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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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./ q( u0 S9 p" n) s [4 |2 U
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