World no 1 Museum Fenix in The Netherlands

World no 1 Museum Fenix in The Netherlands

Fenix Art Museum / MAD Architects

Museum, Refurbishment

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Rotterdam, The Netherlands

This is the first museum constructed in Europe by a Chinese company and the first commission for a public cultural structure in Europe for MAD Architects. The Droom en Daad Foundation, established in 2016, started the project. By creating new types of arts and culture organizations and encouraging fresh creative talent that reflects the city's diversity, the Foundation is assisting in redefining Rotterdam for the twenty-first century.

The architects produced the text description. Developed by internationally renowned architects MAD, Fenix is a significant new museum that examines migration through the prism of art. It will open on a landmark site in Rotterdam's City Harbor. Through a series of interactions with art, architecture, photography, food, and history, Fenix narrates the tale of migration through a continually growing collection of historic and modern artifacts. On a peninsula in Rotterdam's historic port district, Fenix is situated in what was once the largest transshipment warehouse in the world. It has a view of the docks where millions of migrant journeys started and finished. With repair advice from Bureau Polderman, MAD Architects converted the imposing 16,000 square meter warehouse into Fenix.

Under the direction of Bureau Polderman, restoration work on the 172-meter-long facade of the former shipping and storage warehouse started in 2018 and took a year and a half to finish. While some architectural elements were included in the 1948–1950 renovation plan, others date back to 1923, when the warehouse first opened. Over the last 60 years, the structure has undergone numerous expansions, and its purpose has evolved significantly. The facade was not uniform. c. The frames and fronts had rust. x. Every component along the facade has been renovated, refurbished, or refurnished. The distinctive windows were repaired to match the 19th-century aesthetic. 23. Cement stucco was reapplied and the 2,200 square meter south facade was blast-cleaned. lied.

The distinctive street-level sliding doors have been returned to their pre-war condition, with the original green paint job applied to the doors and frames. There is now a calm rhythm of columns, windows, and fronts that highlights the building's horizontal aspect.

A striking new feature of the building is the Tornado, a double-helix staircase that rises from the ground floor and flows up and out of the rooftop onto an outdoor platform that is 24 meters above ground level and offers breathtaking panoramic views of Rotterdam and the Maas River. The staircase is reminiscent of rising air. 297 polished stainless steel panels, manufactured in Groningen, the Netherlands, cover the dynamic framework. The 17-meter-long canopy that atop the building was built and lifted into position after being shipped in pieces from Groningen to Rotterdam by sea. A 550-meter double-helix wooden staircase inside the Tornado leads out onto the platform, which is also reachable by a central shaft.

Fenix's expanding art and history collection, as well as a number of commissions from up-and-coming artists worldwide, are housed in the building's two levels of expansive gallery spaces. The Fenix Collection is housed in the galleries upstairs, while exhibition and programming spaces are located on the main floor. Entrances on the south façade and in the middle of the north façade on the riverfront provide access to the museum. Visitors are drawn to the base of the Tornado as soon as they arrive, as the glass roof over the central atrium lets natural light into the lobby and illuminates its dynamic, swirling form.

There is a café, museum store, and welcome desk in the entrance atrium. Plein, which spans 2,275 square meters, is a large, adaptable venue for performances and events. It will hold an ever-evolving schedule of events designed for and with the populations of Rotterdam. It is situated on the ground level on the building's eastern side and has doors on three sides that open to create a warm, covered public area. Throughout the premises, Fenix provides a variety of eating options where guests may experience cuisine from around the globe.

The building has been designed in consultation with VGR, an association specializing in making buildings as accessible and welcoming as possible. Plein and the Atrium will be publicly accessible spaces that are free to enter.

A 6,750 square meter "green roof" with sedum plants organized in a concentric pattern that mirrors the Tornado's shape is located on top of the warehouse. In addition to promoting biodiversity, green roofs offer insulation and retain rainfall in the substrate and plants before evaporating it back into the sky. This lessens the strain on the water treatment system, the sewerage system, and the risk of flooding. Utilizing a Thermal Energy System (TES), the structure retains extra heat in the ground. To create the ideal temperature for the building, a heat pump is connected to the TES.

The heat pump draws its power from the aquifer. Up to 60% of heating energy and 80% of cooling energy can be saved by utilizing the heat pump and passive cooling. The Tornado's staircase is constructed from sustainable Norwegian wood known as Kebony, a well-known modified wood brand based in Oslo, Norway, that enhances typical 4mber using a tried-and-true, cutting-edge, patented process. Compared to other building materials, biobased modified wood has a substantially smaller environmental impact and is therefore a sustainable building material. With modifications in keeping with the original 1923 architecture, Fenix repurposes a 100-year-old warehouse that was mostly restored to its original condition in the 1950s.