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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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.$ [% w- A9 M& d$ \# T
7 X$ p8 }; R! B5 D% a% t2 j; U+ ]Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.' s: l$ K4 i( C Z" y8 u
* P: Y$ n/ B* N* Y8 P1 k OExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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( c& n8 A; x: W# [. O0 EThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.( l6 V' D) J' M+ p) {( Z
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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.. T5 K) d7 m/ z( E
) D B+ F2 P% A- @* l' c& ?The following text is from RMA Architects:! u& N* W& u6 R" f+ I
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
0 E+ \* w" n7 {8 j% C, }+ sThe 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.& m8 O& g: |- R1 }* z6 Z* }
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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.) \9 D8 A& O7 g7 K
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.6 ] q4 f3 t* s v
' M, o# r5 r: U. f$ C) 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.* i! i' _" W9 g1 T& n1 i
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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.; Z+ D; S5 B. q& l
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