Timeless Grove Ulwazi Lwedijithali Lwepaki by Yuzhou Wu and Guanyu Tao

Timeless Grove Ulwazi Lwedijithali Lwepaki by Yuzhou Wu and Guanyu Tao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina I-Inthafeyi Competition Category.

InsimbiI-Inthafeyi· 2025

Timeless Grove Ulwazi Lwedijithali Lwepaki

by Yuzhou Wu and Guanyu Tao

Client: Ambiwishes Technology

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in I-Inthafeyi Category

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The Design

About Timeless Grove Ulwazi Lwedijithali Lwepaki

I-Timeless Grove ithuthukisa ukuxhumana epaki yemvelo ngokuhlanganisa amathuluzi edijithali nendawo ebonakalayo. Uhlelo lokusebenza lusiza izivakashi ukuthi zizulazule endaweni, zibambe iqhaza emisebenzini yokusebenzisana, futhi zilandelele ukubamba kwazo iqhaza. Abasebenzisi bangabhalisa ukufika, baqede imisebenzi, bathole amaphuzu ekhabhoni, okukhuthaza izenzo ezinakekela imvelo. Isixhumanisi esakhiwe ngamakhadi ahleliwe esinomhlahlandlela wezwi sithuthukisa ukufinyeleleka kubo bonke abavakashi. Ngokuhlanganisa ukwakheka okugxile kumsebenzisi kanye nohlelo lwendawo, i-Timeless Grove isekela ukufinyeleleka kwepaki futhi ikhuthaza ukubamba komphakathi iqhaza.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

Timeless Grove Ulwazi Lwedijithali Lwepaki iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. Timeless Grove Ulwazi Lwedijithali Lwepaki ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. Timeless Grove Ulwazi Lwedijithali Lwepaki iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.

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