Prince of Wales Visitors Centre by RMA Architects
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4 m7 W2 p) [3 DPhotographer 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.! Z$ C. x7 C' T" A
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Thin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace.2 c9 y/ K; j+ g$ g) C3 n
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Existing 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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% O0 s9 A. n$ _: 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.
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The following text is from RMA Architects:
, c+ d& ?$ N' XA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.4 [) ~: j* O1 x: 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.2 r$ P0 E* C) n
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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.$ w# D8 H% P, ?2 ~: z. d
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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.
. O6 ^7 x2 R/ i; j7 TGlass 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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' k# t) M) j" z, G6 x+ }9 ^- 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.7 V( E% t4 y0 K/ x1 U: j
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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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