Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects5 ?2 B1 [$ r3 d6 k
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7 H* k! X6 N& ?8 m" m7 x! W/ E$ gPhotographer 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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( O N' c; f3 I: _0 HExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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( @" N- H, G# q) W }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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$ f0 L) Q! k8 H, W7 B6 ]# L5 f8 PEdmund 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.1 [! d8 Z" M% z: ^9 ?
/ H4 i* G4 Q! oThe following text is from RMA Architects:3 Z. k' o+ L, M) e
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
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, a, H+ B8 K+ K- s2 hThe 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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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.& k$ ^& v G. Q5 N; \
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.1 Z& R" ~( D/ b1 v% J0 P* o* t0 w
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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.- ?1 @1 E* q5 g: [# v# ^
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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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