Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects" m* u3 ^" ` j, o# z
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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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) O2 W3 M. @; fRMA 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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9 I* d$ z" m. ~4 M v) j4 l4 VThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.# p; v" M: E, m9 O; A2 _5 V) f( |
2 Y9 G9 ?/ n/ o: q) d! v; U1 RExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. g8 H% a2 G" A& k- u3 \
" H8 X8 ?, D6 X; `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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$ Y n# v! F1 s. e8 Z& K8 f2 J EEdmund 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.
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: }- v3 B% V2 y3 e1 @ P9 I' z UThe following text is from RMA Architects:% k3 ^5 j/ K3 {3 W- V' W2 o
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.2 \ M1 [# g3 |" W1 [7 c$ f
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.( U- Q1 B. [5 E7 h& A
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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.1 y. `1 ^. f& A9 _! H/ C: X. D! l
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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.
! v" R% M# u7 ^" E% ~6 V" |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.
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/ U( }0 h0 l" x/ N- p3 \$ _' I$ fThe 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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) L: O2 z P% @5 cIntegration 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.& V+ |5 R2 y- _, X+ ?0 t. u/ A
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