Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.# e& A8 i/ S6 x- ]/ w
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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.4 u& H- G% [' I: x: z; v; E
) R+ G s. k/ f. gThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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1 O$ I$ l8 a# ZExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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( R0 j$ s$ I& {' wThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.1 y3 g$ P- y& c/ \" V2 N( _1 \
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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.& G' T* @. [( o' y% d' \" P5 y
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$ i& H J2 U( h( d6 H8 h: UA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai." L) N) J+ Y0 V: r
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.( P% w7 m# l, J8 L
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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./ e6 u: u. m& I% N$ D+ v/ `
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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.( \( q8 ]% S5 `' e1 @! g' W
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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0 r9 b0 t# J) b% F7 f5 ?. j5 l+ W, wThe 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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* s! D. k+ i, g/ ^# F* e J) x' SIntegration 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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