Timeless Grove Wheako Māra Taiao Matihiko by Yuzhou Wu and Guanyu Tao

Timeless Grove Wheako Māra Taiao Matihiko by Yuzhou Wu and Guanyu Tao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Atanga, Tauwhitiwhiti me te Wheako Kaiwhakamahi Competition Category.

RinoAtanga· 2025

Timeless Grove Wheako Māra Taiao Matihiko

by Yuzhou Wu and Guanyu Tao

Client: Ambiwishes Technology

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Atanga Category

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The Design

About Timeless Grove Wheako Māra Taiao Matihiko

Ko Te Uruora Mutunga Kore e whakapai ana i te tūtaki ki te māra taiao mā te whakakotahi i ngā taputapu matihiko ki te taiao ā-tinana. Ka āwhina te taupānga i ngā manuhiri ki te whakatere i te wāhi, ki te whakauru ki ngā mahi tūtaki, me te aroturuki i tō rātou whakauru. Ka taea e ngā kaiwhakamahi te takiuru, te whakaoti i ngā mahi, me te whiwhi koera waro, e whakatairanga ana i ngā mahi tiaki taiao. Ko te mata tūhono ā-kāri wāhanga me te ārahi ā-reo e whakapai ana i te urunga mō ngā manuhiri katoa. Mā te whakakotahi i te hoahoa aro-kaiwhakamahi me te whakamahere wāhi, ka tautoko Te Uruora Mutunga Kore i te urunga ki te māra taiao me te akiaki i te whakauru ā-hapori.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Timeless Grove Wheako Māra Taiao Matihiko te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Timeless Grove Wheako Māra Taiao Matihiko he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Timeless Grove Wheako Māra Taiao Matihiko mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Timeless Grove transforms a former industrial site into a sustainable and interactive public space. The app integrates smart navigation, gamified carbon tracking, and augmented reality heritage exploration. Visitors explore eco-friendly trails, complete tasks, and earn carbon points for environmental actions. By blending digital engagement with ecological restoration, the project connects history, nature, and community, promoting sustainable urban renewal.
Dimensions & Packaging: Park Area: 150 acres
App Interface: Optimized for 1080 x 1920 pixels for smartphones and 2048 x 2732 pixels for tablets
Tags: interactive park experience, smart navigation system, gamified engagement, digital public space, augmented reality assisted exploration, community based interaction, location aware challenges, carbon points reward system, personalized park journey, user centered design
Production Technology: Timeless Grove combines digital interaction with ecological design to transform a former industrial site into a sustainable urban park. Augmented reality storytelling allows visitors to explore historical and environmental changes. Location based triggers activate interactive challenges that promote sustainability. Smart navigation and carbon tracking systems visualize individual and community contributions, reinforcing environmental awareness while preserving industrial heritage.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to balance industrial heritage preservation, environmental sustainability, and interactive design. The project integrates digital tools without disrupting the park’s ecological goals, embedding carbon saving incentives into daily activities. Ensuring accessibility for diverse users was also critical. By merging gamified engagement, augmented reality storytelling, and real time pathfinding, Timeless Grove offers a scalable model for interactive and sustainable urban spaces.
Research: Timeless Grove explores how digital interaction and ecological strategies can transform former industrial sites into sustainable public spaces. Through user journey mapping, environmental studies, and behavioral analysis, the project demonstrates how gamified incentives encourage green behaviors. Augmented reality storytelling enhances historical engagement, while carbon tracking visualizes user contributions, fostering long term sustainability and interactive urban renewal.
Inspiration: Timeless Grove is an interactive design solution that revitalizes the nanjing watch factory site, a former industrial zone, by integrating digital technology with ecological renewal. this project redefines how visitors experience industrial heritage, green innovation, and community driven sustainability. through smart navigation, gamified carbon rewards, and augmented reality enhanced heritage exploration, the park provides an immersive and engaging way for visitors to interact with history, nature, and environmental consciousness.
Project Duration: Project planning duration march 2024 to october 2024, concept phase
Operation Flow: Visitors scan a quick response code at the park entrance to activate a personalized experience. The app provides smart path recommendations using augmented reality assisted navigation. Augmented reality overlays past industrial structures onto the landscape, visualizing the transformation of the site. Users engage in gamified eco challenges such as walking, waste sorting, and plant recognition, earning carbon points based on their reduced carbon footprint. These points can be redeemed for rewards within the park or used for discounts at participating merchants.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Ambiwishes Technology, 2024
Team Members: Interaction Design: Yuzhou Wu; Landscape Planning: Guanyu Tao
Image Credits: Copyrights belong to Ambiwishes Technology, 2024