Nanjing City Wall Museum IHolo Yomboniso by Yuan Zhuan and Quan Liu

Nanjing City Wall Museum IHolo Yomboniso by Yuan Zhuan and Quan Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweNdawo yangaPhakathi kunye noMboniso Competition Category.

IgolideIngaphakathi· 2026

Nanjing City Wall Museum IHolo Yomboniso

by Yuan Zhuan and Quan Liu

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

Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award Winner in Ingaphakathi Category

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The Design

About Nanjing City Wall Museum IHolo Yomboniso

Iholo yomboniso yeMyuziyam yoDonga lweSixeko saseNanjing sisithuba sangaphakathi esibonisa imbali yoDonga lweSixeko saseNanjing. Le holo igubungela iimitha ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu amahlanu ezisikweri kumgangatho ongaphantsi komhlaba, ineesilingi ezinobude beemitha ezintandathu nezine. Iindawo ezintlanu zichaza ukwakhiwa kodonga, ukulondolozwa kwalo kunye nexabiso lalo lenkcubeko. Isithuba soluhlu esakhiwe ngezitena zesixeko ezikrolwe umbhalo eziphantse zibe liwaka sixhaswa zizakhiwo zentsimbi. Ikhonkrithi enobuso obucocekileyo kunye neephaneli zealuminiyam ezenziwe ngokukhethekileyo zenza iindonga zomboniso. Iimodyuli ezisebenzisanayo ezingaphezu kwamashumi amabini, kuquka iibhokisi zesanti ze-3D kunye nezinto zembali ezinokuphathwa, zinceda iindwendwe zazo zonke iminyaka.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award

Nanjing City Wall Museum IHolo Yomboniso ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo yeklasi yokuqala, ephawulekayo nentle. Abaphumeleleyo beGolide ziimveliso ezintsha kakhulu, ezinombono ongaphaya nezikhazimlayo ezibonisa ubuchule, ubulumko nobuchule babayili bazo. Nanjing City Wall Museum IHolo Yomboniso iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimveliso edunyiswe kakhulu, ebeka umkhwa nekumgangatho wesikhumbuzo enikela ixabiso elingazange libonwe. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award yiprojekthi emangalisayo nehlonelwayo eluncedo kakhulu kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Nanjing City Wall Museum IHolo Yomboniso idala iimvakalelo ezinzulu zonqweno, ivusa umdla, ikhuthaza ukuyila kwaye iyasikhwebela.

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.