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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/ k2 [7 _, O) m0 d+ kRMA 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.. d& {+ O7 r5 O8 B. T Y* h
: n* L+ ~- ]( B% y8 d/ J9 JThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.$ m) F* v7 u( q9 k$ N) O
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Existing trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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- S5 A9 z2 Y5 t, N5 b) X! \The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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1 h" u& B9 t6 F! G ^5 E/ lEdmund 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.: w; _/ y6 c7 Z6 r
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
' K. U! S4 R# I7 }/ F/ m- ]A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
% B- E6 G# u" D0 TThe 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. n4 n4 E2 @* g" g2 ]8 _( y
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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.: E7 g/ t( |4 R) |+ H6 N* ^
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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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.
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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. [4 z% n8 v: e# c; v5 D- l; q
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