Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects% U1 }+ U1 q2 N, D; ~" y
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7 w1 o s/ B% M+ o1 }; B7 wPhotographer 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.
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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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/ C: a: i P5 w1 i2 Y& }# AExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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- {* \( U3 r3 B: uThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.
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( y* t6 }( s, m- q8 m! k" nEdmund 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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The following text is from RMA Architects:
4 O/ u8 R: G. Y/ J8 [* ^! cA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
+ H) [1 G1 G) W/ B5 \# P* A7 w, gThe 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.0 I' x3 m g! a% e& ^ J8 l: v& f
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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.7 ^; q6 l: J, x9 o* r
" O+ T7 a/ g5 l6 d+ Y0 g* AA lightweight, stainless steel clad elliptical roof creates a covered verandah for circulation, integrating disparate visitor programs into a consolidated and modest, yet contemporary form.
% F% q/ ~5 f8 A7 G- N* g3 vGlass 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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9 z( E s W) q1 {4 t, g6 y) WIntegration 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. B0 y' J3 s+ ?8 S+ g' @8 X
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