Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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- |# \$ t0 w8 m' c% GPhotographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.1 ?% k( k$ S8 `! n- p0 p* e6 d
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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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1 _8 T D+ Z. I* u6 U6 H( IThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.+ H5 I! E2 Q. [! U$ H. n
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.' ]8 T2 I0 \6 X% G. _! a* _
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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.2 J8 H$ K; }/ X& q7 m
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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.9 N- [7 @0 t. d* C2 E
9 I$ E( I/ v& j2 W" ?# v3 FThe following text is from RMA Architects:
: v( r, T5 ~8 t7 W8 Z' HA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
) d1 R" \# s$ J) J* pThe 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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, ]+ M! P5 k3 u. C* gThe 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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/ r( @$ G) L( \* N/ dA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
" k* H3 }- D% Q3 e0 L7 B- NGlass 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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3 B0 o& E! d8 E4 U( ^$ x' nThe 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 M' [" s" D7 r2 D1 Q0 e
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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./ \; S o9 ]6 E$ \$ t
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