Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.) F( _0 T% r% o+ }, r
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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.; P& ?$ Q3 K8 z8 ^; U# R$ x$ Q, q) V
# F, h, D7 s3 ZThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.) h! J4 i' J' S1 z% f9 _3 u
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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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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) s6 i, q* J; Q8 Q1 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./ c5 A( s4 l& F& i9 C
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
+ Y9 x: Y* @0 Y# HA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.% e2 i: C7 n/ g2 L' |
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.
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3 t7 `9 j$ `$ N% x6 @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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3 D2 c# Q1 M8 Q( Q1 D7 d3 {7 cA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.: \( [; O6 n( w; A1 W- z
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.9 t' k: k# b* f4 o& [6 W& S
: j k7 e# m9 i3 g9 v8 I. ]3 qThe 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.2 k: U3 L. f& }+ I
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