Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects: l* f @. v' B9 P# N! b' N' J
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- j N5 R Q0 H8 G7 ~Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these images of a shimmering steel visitors centre at a Mumbai museum.
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* {& O/ }: p: O' A# Q( G! E7 M5 pRMA 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.+ X/ x3 k! \! W, D( B
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.# `1 g H. v" u- _9 n4 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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6 T, _' S# @& t9 f. b0 dThe remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.* B+ P1 o! \+ ?& J" F
; H; @8 z$ B3 c# Q/ }4 EEdmund 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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, O9 d1 L- d5 b+ u9 Y7 @The following text is from RMA Architects:& l+ P% m5 p* `; M3 H
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.
- Z, W1 ^$ {( ^" J4 R& [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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% G( {+ @" o \: X& i7 @! p4 wThe 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.( Y( ~$ V) |+ g6 V0 t
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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. G5 i9 H+ c' f
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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. O# X1 R8 [0 g+ _, r M# w* |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.3 Z* t& w0 d# N `+ u6 n4 W! `( ?
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