Art in All Directions: The Fenix Museum Is Changing How We Talk About Migration | Vogue

On the banks of Europe’s largest port—and at the former site of the continent’s first Chinatown—a gleaming double helix coils above a former warehouse in Rotterdam’s Katendrecht district. This sculptural staircase, designed by Chinese starchitect Ma Yansong of MAD Architects and dubbed the Tornado, anchors the newly opened Fenix Museum of Migration.It’s a showstopper, but more than that, the structure poses a question: What does it mean to leave, to arrive, and to begin again?

Source: Art in All Directions: The Fenix Museum Is Changing How We Talk About Migration | Vogue