Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects9 i b5 Z" U W+ F# ?
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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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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% M; O2 r) V0 T2 Z8 Q' K eExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.5 w/ L! t/ _* F& S( z
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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.8 h: `4 u4 [. `/ m1 S/ ^4 `' I# @$ G
; U' l" m [( p( r% aThe following text is from RMA Architects:
9 P" P+ A/ I1 ^! S# c* QA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
0 c6 [+ @" b3 y- N# z, G/ uThe 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.8 e5 y p% N0 ^9 m3 i# ~
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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.& X7 A1 z p) J
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.% d% T. Y) l. Q9 N
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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.- `' D# k# _: @; J+ Z: m. l9 }
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' o- ^$ ]2 A( k2 Q% {1 e- cIntegration 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., M3 H* S" M* H7 }
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