Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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0 Z- F5 I+ w+ u% ~) x$ G% V& O- gPhotographer 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.
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. K$ L* \' I" b1 d8 [6 F6 YThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace., A, A$ |1 D T U# D( i9 y
8 d g7 f" v% Q& A" JExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.+ a0 D4 c% m9 i( J# N# P: u
$ N5 j$ p9 x' }) MThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.' n+ n9 \' [1 m; v! K" Y% }- o
) k! O5 r, J6 r' w$ y" aEdmund 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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" b/ }* {7 y# C2 QThe following text is from RMA Architects:: Z7 \2 @5 V7 r. T/ y: P* D: k7 e+ j
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.9 d1 ^! p8 p0 Y; @# ]+ O* H0 h) }+ T
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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2 D# d! h) y4 i7 B+ R- \3 wThe 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.' J/ G( d6 s C- B e7 ^; x9 T
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.- u% G- P# s* y9 k
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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.; E) `0 B8 ^( y- O8 N
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- i/ k5 v( I; D# M/ ^1 K5 VIntegration 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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