Linked by a fluid landscape with a sculpture garden and a pool, the new annex, wrapped in building blocks, contrasts physically and programmatically with the colonial building, having the potential to set up a dialogue between the traditional and mod
Considered to be one of the most important public spaces in Mumbai, the Museum Plaza is redesigned and becomes the functional and social heart of the museum, whose distinctive sawtooth expression turns it into a landmark building.
Flanked by a publicly accessible garden, stepped to allow for different degrees of privacy and sculpture display, the new wing lifts itself up from the site to create a direct visual connection between the existing museum and the city and gardens.
A series of parallel vault-like structures with a variable section, which incorporates the existing constructions and adapts to tree growth while bringing in natural light, achieves a direct connection with the Zoo and the Botanical Garden.
A sunken courtyard, inspired in the traditional Indian stepwells, separates the two buildings, which are connected by the Mumbai Modern gallery. The red stone veil cladding of the new wing also makes reference to local craftsmanship.
The proposal is envisaged as a sculpted subtraction, through a series of cuts in white concrete that bring a diffused light into the gallery spaces, from a simple volume of local rough-cut Indian Agra stone defined by the site boundaries. One of the
