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DI: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?

: Horse, Nature and Science

DI: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?

: Making Horse, Nature and Science as part of our enjoyment in a theme park

DI: What are your future plans for this award winning design?

: Promoting this design to more theme park clients.

DI: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?

: It was originally a design competition.

DI: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?

: We have interested clients in China planning to make a version of this design.

DI: What made you design this particular type of work?

: We are interested in Master Planning and the sustainable impact of a large city.

DI: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?

: We look at nature more than artificial design.

DI: Who is the target customer for his design?

: People interested in Eco-tourism.

DI: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?

: We are the only theme park that promotes eco-friendly design. Most other parks in Asia promote thrill and fantasy.

DI: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?

: We were interested in fast and slow like a horse. We want to create an utopia for horses and human. Horsetopia - Run Fast/Live Slow combined all the ideas.

DI: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?

: Rhino, 3dsmax, Photoshop, illustrator

DI: What is the most unique aspect of your design?

: We will be the first theme park to promote eco-friendly design.

DI: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?

: We have engineers, landscape architects, lighting expert, business and marketing experts.

DI: What is the role of technology in this particular design?

: We combined wind turbine with locally salvaged wood to create a wind tower for observation. It is a true combination of art and science.

DI: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?

: Yes. We have earth removal analysis, wood carbon sequestration analysis, water analysis, electricity and wind calculation.

DI: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?

: The removal of trees becomes challenging but also an opportunity for carbon sequestration

DI: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?

: We want to show the design to more global clients

DI: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?

: We rely more on scientific data to make an convincing design based on research and numbers.