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.
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" o8 B' m; F( x6 gRMA 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.+ g! Z/ s* K' D8 ?/ l8 a/ V, H
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.: L+ n% e% z2 F5 Q3 Q
* X) v' q' R! Q5 l, _Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk. Z0 N# M) Q! O( ~
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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.: \7 Z$ y- Q! d* e/ w
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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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8 q0 E; m) D4 o: zThe following text is from RMA Architects:
" a3 @; J' T, c1 g7 \6 o" T; mA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
9 M3 t2 R5 W2 t4 }1 C. S, y! YThe 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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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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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.5 C0 t) b1 e7 B7 _1 `" p. r
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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( I- `! x& k9 p: YThe 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.0 E" S5 R; K0 z5 X$ v0 F
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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.3 e j, V; }) Z3 n
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