Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects: k, }4 w- W4 l' @- c
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7 w' Y! ] K, z B xPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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' F6 `$ [' Y# g l* i- C9 ?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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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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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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4 \7 d) I0 V( q0 mEdmund 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.! {6 C* C. s# s4 R# k0 R
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
2 F; S' r$ U6 k% P+ r8 Q! AA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
3 b+ H8 q) k/ C2 G4 P0 m( EThe 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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1 P1 M0 d: e& H4 V9 DThe 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.% H" ^$ \6 q& [
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.2 v$ p+ r E$ S1 ^4 J
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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.
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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.9 q1 {2 ~: [8 Q
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