Nanjing City Wall Museum Výstavní síň by Yuan Zhuan and Quan Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Zlatá cena A' Design Award in Interiér Competition Category.
ZlatoInteriér· 2026
Nanjing City Wall Museum Výstavní síň
Client: Jiangsu Bozhan Cultural Creative Industry Co., Ltd.
Zlatá cena A' Design Award Winner in Interiér Category
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The Design
About Nanjing City Wall Museum Výstavní síň
Výstavní síň Muzea nanjingských městských hradeb je interiérový prostor, který představuje historii městských hradeb v Nanjingu. Síň se rozkládá na 2500 metrech čtverečních v suterénu, s výškou stropů šest a čtyři metry. Pět zón vysvětluje stavbu hradeb, jejich ochranu a kulturní hodnotu. Prostorová instalace sestavená z téměř tisíce městských cihel s nápisy je nesena ocelovými konstrukcemi. Pohledový beton a hliníkové panely na míru tvoří výstavní stěny. Více než dvacet interaktivních modulů, včetně 3D pískovišť a hmatových artefaktů, slouží návštěvníkům všech věkových kategorií.
The Recognition
About the Zlatá cena A' Design Award
Nanjing City Wall Museum Výstavní síň je vítězem Zlaté ceny A' Design Award, nesmírně prestižního uznání udělovaného prvotřídním, úžasným a vynikajícím designům. Zlatí vítězové jsou mimořádně inovativní, vysoce vizionářské a oslnivě okouzlující výtvory, které odrážejí génia, moudrost a um svých designérů. Očekává se, že Nanjing City Wall Museum Výstavní síň bude vysoce oceňovaným, trendy udávajícím a monumentálním vynálezem, který přináší dosud nevídanou hodnotu. Tento design, který získal Zlatou cenu A' Design Award, je velkolepý, respektovaný projekt, který velmi prospívá a posouvá hranice umění, vědy, designu a technologií. Nanjing City Wall Museum Výstavní síň vyvolává silné pocity touhy, probouzí vášeň, podporuje kreativitu a fascinuje nás.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- With the concept of "Presenting the Wall", the exhibition hall shows the grandeur of the Nanjing City Wall by emphasizing its role as a world cultural heritage site. With five zones, it interprets the Nanjing City Wall's cultural value from thousand-year-old history to the modern protection of cultural heritage. It applies various interactive installations like the pioneering array space made of nearly a thousand city bricks and 3D sandboxes, offering a cultural feast for all-age audiences.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The exhibition hall is located in the basement floor of the museum building, covering an area of 2500 square meters. The ceiling height of the space is 6 meters, with some areas having a ceiling height of 4 meters.
- Tags
- Nanjing City Wall exhibition, World Cultural Heritage site, "Presenting the Wall", an array space made from nearly a thousand city bricks, 3D sandbox, interactive installations, all-age audiences, cultural feast, immersive experience, sustainabile designs.
- Production Technology
- The exhibition hall is China's first to integrate an ancient city sandbox with a colored terrazzo inlaid map on the floor, highlighting key areas while enhancing the spatial depth. Fair-faced concrete and custom aluminum panels are used for display walls, balancing aesthetic texture and durability. Over 20 modules (3D sandboxes, tactile artifacts, interactive installations, etc.) offer an immersive touring experience that closes the distance between audiences and the Nanjing City Wall.
- Design Challenge
- The exhibition hall pioneers an array space made of nearly a thousand city bricks, which are directly sourced from the Nanjing City Wall and bear unique inscriptions, imbuing the exhibition hall with high cultural value. It uses steel structures to ensure the safe display of historical artifacts and maximize the audiences' immersive visual experience, delivering visual and cultural impact.
- Research
- The exhibition hall presents the Nanjing City Wall's cultural value as a testament to urban civilization, a model of ancient engineering, and a paradigm of human-environment relationship. It pioneers an array space made of nearly a thousand city bricks, with digital interactive installations to balance grand narratives with engaging activities, fusing cultural heritage and public education.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the Nanjing City Wall's masonry techniques and spatial enclosure features, the exhibition hall adopts a unique architectural design. It is dominated by city wall gray and accentuated by thematic colors such as Forbidden City red and moat blue, enriching visual layering and embodying cultural depth. It pioneers an array space made of nearly a thousand city bricks, aided by multi-sensory digital interactive installations, creating a museum that is friendly to all-age audiences.
- Project Duration
- The project finished in May 2023 in Nanjing.
- Operation Flow
- The exhibition hall interweaves large-scale artifact displays with small-volume interactive areas through a well-planned visitor route. From layout to form design, it establishes a coherent and sophisticated display system, enhancing the connection between the museum and the city wall ruins. Besides, it offers multiple interaction activities like brick inscription surname queries, wall memory recordings, and immersive animation, satisfying the needs of all-age audiences.
- Team Members
- Yuan Zhuang, Quan Liu
- Image Credits
- Jiangsu Bozhan Cultural Creative Industry Co., Ltd.
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