Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects! s- u. f' @1 G: e6 C. Z0 o7 |
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8 c5 G# [; F; ?3 T+ @Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.0 Y& q1 s. ^, r8 a2 _
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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.7 }& m3 G" A- N; Z9 ^% P. h
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. I9 E0 K4 Y/ ?3 C( R6 f
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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 G0 X: W: s) f- fEdmund 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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A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.$ Z* q: ? Z# Z
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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3 [" u' a! k S: P: A; yThe 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.9 i0 p6 c, Y: |" b! i& p/ \6 @
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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.( u$ j, k7 h* p2 v0 l
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.1 U* l* c5 z$ M$ p) y
( R" Z- k; k$ m# M! Y, y5 BThe 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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( @8 k0 ?/ m: \4 V6 U0 k6 @4 eIntegration 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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