架构师提供的文本描述。位于孟买一级遗产建筑-威尔士亲王博物馆入口处的游客中心，扩大了以前一座多用途大厅的占地面积，也是这座著名城市地标的扩建计划的一部分。该中心履行各种规划职能，从行李收集和储存、票务和安全等。还有一家博物馆商店，两百个座位的礼堂和休息室。

Text description provided by the architects. A Visitor Centre located at the entrance of the Prince of Wales Museum, a Grade I heritage structure in Mumbai.  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.  The centre 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.

 Floor Plan

一个重量轻，不锈钢包椭圆形屋顶创造了一个有盖的阳台流通，整合不同的游客程序，成为一个统一的，谦虚的，但现代的形式。玻璃和金属表面作为一种视觉上的对立面，形成了由当地遗产结构构成的坚固的玄武岩石，反光材料面创造了一种自相矛盾的视觉诗歌，其中相邻博物馆的古体形式以新的视角被重新塑造和扭曲。

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.  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.

 © Rajesh Vora

c.Rajesh Vora

预定义的足迹被现有的树木有机地刺穿，这些树木通过屋顶的开口突出，在原本低调的空间产生局部偏差。自然纹理与现代手段和材料的结合，进一步扩展了中心的定义叙事，即在具有里程碑意义的历史背景下进行文化意义的干预。

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.  Integration of natural textures with modern means and materials further expands the defining narrative of the centre, that of a culturally meaningful intervention within a monumental historic context. 

 © Rajesh Vora

c.Rajesh Vora