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Nanjing City Wall Museum Толори намоишгоҳ by Yuan Zhuan and Quan Liu

Nanjing City Wall Museum Толори намоишгоҳ by Yuan Zhuan and Quan Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Ҷоизаи тиллоии A' Design Award in Дизайни фазои дохилӣ ва намоишгоҳ Competition Category.


ТиллоДохилӣ· 2026

Nanjing City Wall Museum Толори намоишгоҳ

by Yuan Zhuan and Quan Liu

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

Ҷоизаи тиллоии A' Design Award Winner in Дохилӣ Category

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The Design

About Nanjing City Wall Museum Толори намоишгоҳ

Толори намоишгоҳи Осорхонаи Девори шаҳри Нанҷин фазои дохилиест, ки таърихи Девори шаҳри Нанҷинро муаррифӣ мекунад. Толор дар ошёнаи таҳхона 2500 метри мураббаъро дар бар мегирад ва баландии шифтҳояш шаш ва чор метр аст. Панҷ минтақа сохтмон, ҳифз ва арзиши фарҳангии деворро шарҳ медиҳанд. Фазои қаторие, ки аз тақрибан ҳазор хишти шаҳрии катибадор сохта шудааст, бо сохторҳои пӯлодӣ такя мешавад. Бетони рӯяш ҳамвор ва панелҳои алюминии фармоишӣ деворҳои намоишро ташкил медиҳанд. Зиёда аз бист модули интерактивӣ, аз ҷумла қумдонҳои сеченака ва осори ламсшаванда, ба меҳмонони ҳама синну сол хизмат мерасонанд.

The Recognition

About the Ҷоизаи тиллоии A' Design Award

Nanjing City Wall Museum Толори намоишгоҳ ғолиби Ҷоизаи тиллоии A' Design Award аст, ки эътирофи бениҳоят обрӯманд буда, ба тарҳҳои дараҷаи аввал, аҷоиб ва барҷаста дода мешавад. Ғолибони тилло офаридаҳои бағоят навоварона, дурандешона ва ҷилваноки дурахшонанд, ки нубуғ, хирад ва маҳорати тарроҳони худро инъикос мекунанд. Интизор меравад, ки Nanjing City Wall Museum Толори намоишгоҳ ихтирои хеле ситоишшуда, роҳбаладгузор ва ёдгорӣ бошад, ки арзиши бесобиқа меорад. Ин тарҳи ғолиби Ҷоизаи тиллоии A' Design Award лоиҳаи тамошобоб ва мӯҳтарам аст, ки хеле судманд аст ва ҳудуди санъат, илм, тарроҳӣ ва технологияро пеш мебарад. Nanjing City Wall Museum Толори намоишгоҳ эҳсосоти шадиди хоҳишро ба вуҷуд меорад, шӯру шавқро бедор мекунад, эҷодкориро рағбат мебахшад ва моро мафтун месозад.

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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