Theme Park Design - Leo's Kingdom - Shijiazhuang China 2013 - 2015

Version 3 Park Birdseye

Version 3 Park Birdseye

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - plaza view showing the Castle, Enchanted Gardens family coaster and Sleeping Dragons attraction

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - plaza view showing the Castle, Enchanted Gardens family coaster and Sleeping Dragons attraction

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Wizards Journey 4D theatre complex and large outlook resteraunt facility under the canopies

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Wizards Journey 4D theatre complex and large outlook resteraunt facility under the canopies

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Attraction view1 - The Flying Disc ride themed to the Royal Army powered by the Windmill and Wizards Spin a large Telecombat ride.

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Attraction view1 - The Flying Disc ride themed to the Royal Army powered by the Windmill and Wizards Spin a large Telecombat ride.

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Attraction view 2 - Viking Swing Boat themed as the Royal Navy

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Attraction view 2 - Viking Swing Boat themed as the Royal Navy

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Entry Plaza - View towards the Enchanted Castle with  2 attractions Queens Tea party and the Royal Carousel

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Entry Plaza - View towards the Enchanted Castle with 2 attractions Queens Tea party and the Royal Carousel

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Dirigible  Royal Airship which would be connected to the Starship Flyers attraction.

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Dirigible Royal Airship which would be connected to the Starship Flyers attraction.

Leo's Kingdom - Version 1 - Flume Ride themed to the Enchanted Forest. This would later be rethemed as a jungle river cruise in the Africa Zone

Leo's Kingdom - Version 1 - Flume Ride themed to the Enchanted Forest. This would later be rethemed as a jungle river cruise in the Africa Zone

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Children's Kingdom. The Kid Zone was on the lower level opposite of Cyberland and a had a large number of age appropriate rides and attractions nestled in a park environment.

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Children's Kingdom. The Kid Zone was on the lower level opposite of Cyberland and a had a large number of age appropriate rides and attractions nestled in a park environment.

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Interior wall elevations. This project being interior had massive walls to theme. The design we arrived at had all boundary walls being themed to the design of the adjoining lands

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Interior wall elevations. This project being interior had massive walls to theme. The design we arrived at had all boundary walls being themed to the design of the adjoining lands

Leo's Kingdom - Version 1 - Masterplan

Leo's Kingdom - Version 1 - Masterplan

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Live Entertainment concepts - Parade

Leo's Kingdom - Version 3 - Live Entertainment concepts - Parade

Park wide Parade, live performers and animatronics

Park wide Parade, live performers and animatronics

As the lead designer I was responsible for producing massing models for all the attractions and environments. Over a 2 year period I produced multiple designs for roughly 50 attractions and shows...

As the lead designer I was responsible for producing massing models for all the attractions and environments. Over a 2 year period I produced multiple designs for roughly 50 attractions and shows...

Leo's Kingdom - Version 1 - Birdseye showing the themes at play during the early phase of concept. At this point the Castle was embedded in the far wall, It was later moved to the central area under the giant skylight Domes

Leo's Kingdom - Version 1 - Birdseye showing the themes at play during the early phase of concept. At this point the Castle was embedded in the far wall, It was later moved to the central area under the giant skylight Domes

Design development for Leo's Kingdom a proposed indoor theme park in Mainland China. I was the lead designer for this project alongside some of the most experienced theme park designers I have worked with. Led by Douglass May Our small team working onsite with the client and our associates in South Korea and America produced 3 full concept packages over a 3 year period. The project was extremely challenging but we persevered and had our client not run into difficulty the park would have been amazing... at a projected 245,000 square meters, Leos would have been the largest indoor park in the world. With 7 distinct lands and offering over 40 unique rides and attractions. We produced hundreds of designs, sketches, 3D models and Illustrations for this project. I was involved in every design meeting and helped shape the design and theme for most of this massive project. I have detailed some of the aspects of the project on my blog previously and I intend to complete the story someday soon check it out to see much more...