Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects# Z. r- K& K' M [2 A# Z" c1 m
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x5 I3 }# U% x L; g: ?1 n2 |Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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# P# O2 E# X5 vRMA 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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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.
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, b/ E. }7 ]. j, r$ J. x* JExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk./ [ M0 M0 f" U0 z
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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.
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. j8 ]7 ~# ~: ]. d8 \4 d% A' ]1 f* AEdmund 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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( ]- p1 k2 l" K9 `! V. CThe following text is from RMA Architects:1 T% W f. ~2 }2 _+ U; M" @" o
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.+ {& c4 m& s6 W1 Q) Y* F
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.
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# f- D, C; V# BThe 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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# \2 ], c1 N8 J* NA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form." U, T( ?& t$ I( V
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.: k2 G4 G+ A7 f3 K8 [
1 w; x+ e; T4 p( L9 ^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.
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