Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects 8 ]' ?( Q$ D6 q6 h5 S6 d8 |  ? Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. * g) T2 S7 v7 p0 G) y! w[/url][url=http://www.rmaarchitects.com/] 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. + {5 w& D3 F$ c8 U . F( N* {  Z( j3 j! }* Z  xThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace. 8 p9 e* P7 ]! X3 m4 h 4 }/ }1 E5 _& F) J8 @9 mExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets. 8 \. H# o8 L$ D* SEdmund 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. 7 N0 P: V, h% M2 e7 rThe following text is from RMA Architects: A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai. 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. 4 D- ~; T" N' b2 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. 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. * W7 R/ f6 F4 g4 w1 q8 k6 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. 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. " I) z( g# `1 i* V8 Z4 x! ~% Z% C  [Search:DCION 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. 9 j: E6 h; I% |* I

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金属的外壳！怕不怕吸热！{:soso_e122:}

是金属吗？夏天会不会太热？
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woding，有里面的图就好了。。。