Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects2 P. [/ s% @+ a, V
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Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.* i" q" n8 W5 L; ^4 v1 Y$ C
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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.# M( O+ Z; q* j* p& Z
& L5 c5 A+ {6 y5 _8 T* EThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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, N! m1 D& Q! a: N/ KExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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# b& |; f$ h2 _- E+ K: C8 KThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.4 D) J: q" j" R- ]! 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.
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/ Q/ t5 }3 F3 O4 n: }9 a) n, yThe following text is from RMA Architects:& J0 U9 z- h1 A
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.9 ]& W) N0 U. n" {' Q9 U
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.- I D9 o7 b, B b, |2 |8 G! n
% H% ~2 }, R" ?( D+ z j G" F& ~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.
& Y7 T! \7 \+ Z& e; 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./ G+ ^; ?' \8 V6 s) l1 `, }
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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.9 p+ a# H: ~5 M5 S
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6 Z( c' n' z S7 o/ l' }; @; ~5 \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.0 |# Y$ p, z% L2 H- l
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