As Wanlin Art Museum was located in the campus of Wuhan University, our creativity needed to reflect the following characteristics: A central meeting point for students to honor and appreciate art, while featuring aspects of a typical art gallery. It also had to come across as ‘humanistic’. As college students stand at the starting line of their lives, this art museum acts as an opening chapter for the students art appreciation, and art will accompany them a lifetime.

Wuhan University (WHU) is a comprehensive and key national university directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education. It is also one of the "211 Project" and "985 Project"universities with full support in the construction and development from the central and local government of China. For the past century, Wuhan University has built an elegant palatial architectural complex of primitive simplicity which blends perfectly the eastern architectural style with that of the west. It is honored as the "Most Beautiful University in China." Furthermore, Wuhan University's centennial humanistic accumulation boils down to its succinct motto, that is, "Improve Oneself, Promote Perseverance, Seek Truth and Make Innovations."