Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects& P# ]: `: }$ L5 i& N' [
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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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7 Z" d3 K- R% K* h8 Q M# dThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.( c$ N- f$ t1 n& a0 T) C# I" L9 Z
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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0 C$ z) C2 [& H$ P1 lThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.$ k7 `) f1 v. p q$ I
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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. ~6 k: i$ k) \ q7 m7 i/ G
7 S' L+ @ B& N( EThe following text is from RMA Architects:
+ A9 x+ I' d7 F" iA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
+ @' E2 y- o E7 LThe 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.; v7 j) P v2 `2 J3 ^7 G" x& `1 }* T
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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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# B8 w$ p5 M+ C0 XA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
: m4 L8 k; O1 dGlass 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.- W5 ?4 H E, d5 c) M& s3 z# T
5 @2 A: S; ?, K' e! D: E2 lThe 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.
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