Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects" T$ n3 b; p5 Q$ L; \
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.! V% E. I# \5 X* R; P9 D9 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.$ O6 L$ Z3 x. H
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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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# ~3 N1 ^# r. n/ zExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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# `, p: E/ L* S' f! U4 iThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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/ s# }' x; ]' g0 A# CEdmund 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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l! e- W) i8 f0 ]6 j1 K. wThe following text is from RMA Architects:- ], T2 [+ }6 z4 @/ N3 Z* }
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
( \( c! u5 U* W0 w# oThe 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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1 U2 z: {3 e$ _' m: _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., V9 b# `9 o% l3 \& Z- _
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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.
3 w P* v$ m4 z0 E+ sGlass 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.
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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." w0 F, E' K ?! ^! G: J& q
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! |1 @; y3 ~7 oIntegration 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.8 X( m/ H, T( `
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