Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects4 D$ Z) P: R. b) P* s
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.8 t: g, k9 V8 Q( ^& @) A
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' H8 b) k$ @' c- eRMA 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.4 \2 C/ ]: G; ?' V) n9 E% H# Y
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk." |) W9 j) A( O) N4 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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2 ]; s; t* Q! ]6 IEdmund 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.( y$ n, j+ S" ^/ A- g* U
2 j4 b: {& E6 A, N2 C1 m9 W( q# Y+ {The following text is from RMA Architects:
- h9 H7 Z% H% w2 B3 nA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
, E* [* X# j/ n% C( oThe 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." _1 v' I/ [- j
, L) D5 j( y4 e+ d! |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." d" r) H# P' N* q
' J6 L' m1 o& ]$ ~" rA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
7 Z) r- `$ w+ f7 W# N& }* d9 vGlass 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.
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) K9 t/ o: p; l& n# i+ M6 }% vThe 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.) W8 ]: A) s) a8 @
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