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.' F3 ~- F- ~3 U
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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.8 e* t+ z* J9 E* X; d" v
+ Z- ]& w5 s u$ rThin steel columns support a curving roof that overhangs the exterior walls of the centre to shelter a surrounding terrace., c' P5 d# `7 l/ s: _
?/ Z# U. e# w, GExisting trees grow through holes in this roof, which also shelters a separate circular baggage kiosk.
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. L$ ?7 C$ S" r1 ~, U( d% ~The remaining portion of the visitors centre contains a 200-seat auditorium, a ticket-office, a shop, a cafe and toilets.7 v- s+ R* n! M! ~, l
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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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The following text is from RMA Architects:
3 Z7 A: s3 b0 _) B0 V' mA visitor’s center located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.3 k8 X0 y/ Y" t9 {& ]
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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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.- i Z6 N: D. @2 h! @' q( O
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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.2 \/ Z6 {, m4 r. Q. U
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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+ w( L; a- G, u$ i5 t' C& d% MThe 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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