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Nanjing City Wall Museum Holo Yowonetsera Zinthu by Yuan Zhuan and Quan Liu

Nanjing City Wall Museum Holo Yowonetsera Zinthu by Yuan Zhuan and Quan Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Mphoto ya Golide ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Mkati mwa Nyumba ndi Mawonekedwe Competition Category.


GolideMkati· 2026

Nanjing City Wall Museum Holo Yowonetsera Zinthu

by Yuan Zhuan and Quan Liu

Client: Jiangsu Bozhan Cultural Creative Industry Co., Ltd.

Mphoto ya Golide ya A' Design Award Winner in Mkati Category

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The Design

About Nanjing City Wall Museum Holo Yowonetsera Zinthu

Holo yowonetsera zinthu ya Nanjing City Wall Museum ndi malo amkati omwe amapereka mbiri ya Khoma la Mzinda wa Nanjing. Holoyi ili ndi malo okwana masikweya mita 2500 pansi pa nyumba, ndipo denga lake lili ndi kutalika kwa mita zisanu ndi imodzi ndi mita zinayi. Madera asanu amafotokoza za kamangidwe ka khomalo, kasungidwe kake ndi kufunika kwake pa chikhalidwe. Malo osonyezera zinthu omangidwa ndi njerwa za mzinda pafupifupi chikwi chimodzi zolembedwapo mawu amagwiridwa ndi zimangidwe zachitsulo. Konkire wosalala komanso mapanelo a aluminiyamu opangidwa mwapadera ndi zomwe zimapanga makoma owonetsera. Zida zoposera makumi awiri zochitirapo zinthu, kuphatikizapo mabokosi a mchenga a 3D ndi zinthu zakale zokhudzika, zimathandiza alendo a misinkhu yonse.

The Recognition

About the Mphoto ya Golide ya A' Design Award

Nanjing City Wall Museum Holo Yowonetsera Zinthu ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Golide ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka kwambiri komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe a pamwamba, odabwitsa ndi odziwika. Opambana a Golide ndi zolengedwa zatsopano kwambiri, zoona patali ndi zonyezimira zomwe zimaonetsa luntha, nzeru ndi luso la opanga awo. Nanjing City Wall Museum Holo Yowonetsera Zinthu akuyembekezeka kukhala chopangidwa chotamandidwa kwambiri, chokhazikitsa zochitika ndi chachikulu chomwe chimabweretsa phindu losawonekapo kale. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Golide ya A' Design Award awa ndi ntchito yodabwitsa, yolemekezeka yomwe imapindulitsa kwambiri ndi kukulitsa malire a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo. Nanjing City Wall Museum Holo Yowonetsera Zinthu amabweretsa zilakolako zamphamvu, kudzutsa chidwi, kulimbikitsa luso lolenga ndi kutikopa.

Behind the Design

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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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