Timeless Grove Digitale Parkbeleving by Yuzhou Wu and Guanyu Tao

Timeless Grove Digitale Parkbeleving by Yuzhou Wu and Guanyu Tao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award in IJzer in Interface-, Interactie- en Gebruikerservaring Ontwerp Competition Category.

IJzerInterface· 2025

Timeless Grove Digitale Parkbeleving

by Yuzhou Wu and Guanyu Tao

Client: Ambiwishes Technology

A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Interface Category

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The Design

About Timeless Grove Digitale Parkbeleving

Timeless Grove verbetert de interactie in een ecologisch park door digitale hulpmiddelen te integreren met de fysieke omgeving. De app helpt bezoekers bij het navigeren door de ruimte, deelnemen aan interactieve activiteiten en het volgen van hun deelname. Gebruikers kunnen inchecken, taken voltooien en koolstofpunten verdienen, wat milieubewuste acties bevordert. Een modulaire kaartgebaseerde interface met spraakbegeleiding verbetert de toegankelijkheid voor alle bezoekers. Door gebruiksgericht ontwerp te combineren met ruimtelijke planning, ondersteunt Timeless Grove de toegankelijkheid van het park en stimuleert gemeenschapsbetrokkenheid.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in IJzer

Timeless Grove Digitale Parkbeleving is winnaar van de A' Design Award in IJzer, een prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan goede ontwerpen die voldoen aan de professionele en industriële eisen die worden verwacht van goed ontworpen creaties. Winnaars in IJzer tonen grote vaardigheid, hoge specialisatie, deskundig inzicht en het creatieve vermogen van hun makers. Timeless Grove Digitale Parkbeleving wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerde, bewonderde en gekoesterde creatie te zijn die praktisch en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in IJzer heeft gewonnen, integreert de beste praktijken uit de sector en heeft bekwame technische kenmerken die verbonden zijn met knowhow en talent. Timeless Grove Digitale Parkbeleving wordt gerespecteerd om zijn grondigheid en is ontworpen om verbeteringen van de levenskwaliteit te bieden die helpen de wereld een betere plek te maken.

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