Designing for the Invisible: Architecture, Design and Digital Strategies for Showcasing Intangible Heritage This session will explore the vital role of museum architecture and techniques in presenting intangible heritage. It will examine how spaces can be shaped to foster creativity, learning, and participation, encouraging engagement with cultural narratives, history, and contemporary issues. It will also focus on innovative case studies that are adapted to diverse audiences, showcasing how museum buildings and exhibition design create dynamic spaces for engaging with intangible heritage, enhancing accessibility, impact and making cultural traditions more relatable. ——————– ICAMT Session A-16 WEDNESDAY 12th of NOVEMBER 2025 / 13:00 – 14:30 PM (Dubai time) Designing for the Invisible: Architecture, Design and Digital Strategies for Showcasing Intangible Heritage Moderator(s): Nana Meparishvili Room number: Al Ain F 13:00-13:05   Opening and Welcoming: Nana Meparishvili (Chair of ICAMT) 13:05-13:15   Showcasing Sound from the Past: Approaching the Intangible Through the Tangible: Zhuolin Li 13:15-13:25   Journeys, Memories, and Myths: Spatial Installations for Intangible Heritage: Thomas Richard Alexander Duncan 13:25-13:35   National Museum to the Great Migration: Robert Louis Brandon Edwards 13:35-13:45   Architecture as Narrative: translating Intangible Heritage at Völklingen Ironworks: Noel McCauley 13:45-13:55   Displaying the Undisplayable: Multisensory Approaches to Intangible Cultural Heritage in Museum Exhibition Design: Wenyan Wang 13:55-14:05   The application of digital technology in the exhibition of traditional Chinese culture: Zhang Le (online presentation) 14:05-14:15   Beneath the Moving Sky: Rediscovering Austronesian Navigation and Embodied Practices in the Museum Space: Cheng-Yi Shih (online presentation) 14:15-14:30   Q&A 14:30-14:45   Break