Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects* N+ b# L' S: a N0 e
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum. n1 D7 k% c( J4 ], q, 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.
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.! c7 Z9 G. V: g. v
% T2 y# [4 j7 v0 i9 k9 rExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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: k, z0 m" u& @' e) ~# F( AThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.$ g) l! a# V: h' ~
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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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The following text is from RMA Architects:2 O2 E! d8 a7 p9 ~
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
6 f, E3 a0 d( {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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5 v6 e( L4 B( ^; w: [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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) X+ o9 D0 H+ T. X+ G1 H% r' QA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.1 ^ A& g" r: `0 v( k
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.7 W2 q% f$ V; B, I/ ^4 E/ g% E
* ?2 @% F8 K/ RThe 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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