How Historic Buildings Like The Fenix Warehouse Become Modern, Energy-Efficient Landmarks - Yanko Design

A luggage locker with 2,000 packages from different countries receives the visitor to Fenix, the new museum that addresses migration through art in Rotterdam. The installation is called Labyrinth of the suitcases and tries to reflect the universal character of human displacement. A personal and voluntary decision, sometimes made out of love for some lucky people, but which is painful and forced for most of its protagonists. Fenix occupies a hist…

How Historic Buildings Like The Fenix Warehouse Become Modern, Energy-Efficient Landmarks - Yanko Design

A century-old warehouse on Rotterdam’s Katendrecht peninsula has found new life as the Fenix Museum of Migration, designed by MAD Architects. The transformation of this 1923 structure into a vibrant museum addresses both the city’s multicultural history and today’s need for resilient, energy-conscious buildings. With its double-helix “Tornado” staircase spiraling to a rooftop platform, Fenix