Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects! _9 T" i& g0 [- v& w* O+ B, q
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/ v3 n% h# i3 K+ zPhotographer 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.; Z' ?4 U/ |$ X6 e
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace., h, Y4 M7 T" b! d
- W- q) f; R4 ?% r5 N! Q8 bExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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1 i. ]8 ?* s( u- f( t# P. o6 A2 XThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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Edmund 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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8 i0 ~4 @+ q3 m0 @7 v( gThe following text is from RMA Architects:0 A( U/ @- M8 }; R! F4 G) g" B3 W. S9 Y
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.& G4 p6 c" q% D1 A. ^# E3 h
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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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.+ r/ F0 H! {, `! x
y7 W. s9 l: q9 K3 _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.; N; e% M5 d& a1 D
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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. S. F7 g( N2 }+ H/ 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.
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