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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( Z: Q, o" t, f, t! A( }( 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.2 @. T0 U/ b Z9 e$ _8 g+ h: z
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.. Y6 K: K6 u7 [1 x* \9 v: Q$ |1 u
& i, n& i6 c( I+ K8 AExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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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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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.
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9 x h" U% l1 d# Y6 iThe following text is from RMA Architects:( U, |+ b, s. D$ _" v7 Z
A visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.; H7 R4 _+ r7 M) h
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.( b: f6 e: P* H- ~2 `! c' K
1 j; P% B7 L/ h. r! R" g* `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.- X8 [, E) g# u5 d: {$ l
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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., A) k: L, m, o/ Y
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.: }6 I9 B4 P9 b* x8 |% R4 o" V& j
+ z n6 k/ w9 A0 iThe 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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