PROJECTS

Legoland – Windsor, United Kingdom
As part of several ongoing projects over a 5 year period Themed Structures was responsible for the design, development and construction of Legoland Windsor’s star attraction, The Knights’ Dragon Coaster. Comprising of a 3 minute 20 sec dark ride and thrill ride experience in one, the entire ride was designed in, around and through a full size working medieval castle built in Lego block style. All internal theming elements were undertaken by Themed Structures and comprised of an interactive story with Lego characters setting the scene before plunging the rider into a hair-raising roller coaster. The finished castle occupied a floor space of 200ft by 100ft and stands almost 50ft high. The castle consists of two levels accessible by stairs and ramps which serve as queue lines access to the ride within the castle walls. Working in conjunction with bespoke ride manufacturers WGH, Ltd, Themed Structures developed a complete custom fit ride experience fully integrated to the castle structure. The Knights’ Dragon Coaster is still one of Legoland Windsor premier attractions and has be running for more than 8 seasons.
This was one of more than six major projects completed for Legoland Windsor during this five year period.

Celebration City’ Lazer Wall Show, Branson, Missouri, U.S.A
In 2003 Hersham Family Entertainment LLC approached TSI to build a new kind of attraction in their already successful park, Celebration City. Working closely with , Architects, Structural Engineers and the clients TSI custom built a XX ft by XX ft rock wall in the style of the indigenous Ozark rock so as to look as natural as possible. The Wall was designed to be used as a lazer, firework, music and water show that would mark the end of each day in the park with a nightly performance at 10pm. Over 11 weeks TSI developed a structural system and finish aesthetic that allow the lazer and water show to reach it’s full potential. The ‘Lazer Wall’ as it was dubbed is surrounded by green areas to allow people to sit and watch a truly all senses exploding experience. The show also incorporated fireworks and music and is now one of Branson’s most dramatic open air attractions that draws hundreds of people every night.

Harvest Bible Chapel – Camp Harvest, Michigan, U.S.A
After completing several projects for Chicago area Church group Harvest Bible Chapel TSI was consulted to design and construct a fully functional log cabin building as part of the church’s summer and winter camp and retreat programs. The building is set on a private 600 acre forest site in the wilds of Michigan. The log cabin is fully insualted, has air conditioning as well as full plumbing and catering facilities. It is used as a communal teaching, study and play area for the visitors to the camp. TSI was responsible for the aesthetics of both the inside and the exterior of the cabin that would nestle subtly into the landscape but be large enough to accommodate over 200 people at any one time. As part of the brief TSI consulted many local references and documented examples of log cabin architecture to develop a believable building on such a large scale. The cabin also boasts a large basement play area complete with HVAC and wash facilities as well as it’s own ‘L’ shaped climbing wall through both floors of the cabin, custom made by TSI to accommodate age ranges from 8 to 16 year old children. The climbing wall is complete with a viewing balcony, safety matting and belay equipment for safe instruction and fun.

Titanic – The Legend Continues, Branson, Missouri
As part of a 6 month project TSI was the principal contractor in charge of developing and constructing from a concept visual, all of the intrinsic elements that brought this façade to a realistic spectacle.
By using a combination of historical documentation and source materials, originally ship builders’ plans from Harland and Wolf and specifically calculated Architectural/engineering blueprints, TSI was able to produce an almost exact historic replica of the Titanic’s hull with all of its details and identifying elements.
The ship was produced as a 50% scale replica comprising of the first half of the ship from the bow back. The finished Titanic stands over 80ft tall from ground level and over 200ft long. In addition to the ship, TSI designed and developed an Iceberg into which the original Titanic crashed. Again by consulting historical literature and dated source material every effort was made to reproduce an iceberg as precise a replica to the real iceberg the Titanic was believed to have struck. The iceberg was developed with steel engineers to serve as a fully immersive experience entrance to the Titanic: The Legend Continues attraction.
Titanic: The Legend Continues is now a landmark site and is the most photographed attraction in Branson, MO history.

Harvest Bible Chapel – Elgin Campus, Illinois, U.S.A
After working with Harvest Bible Chapel (HBC) on two previous projects TSI was proud to work on the newly completed Elgin Campus. Beginning in July of 2007 and working on a rolling program that was to culminate with the grand opening in September, TSI was recruited to produce several interior and exterior aesthetic components to compliment the structure. The new extension is part of an ongoing plan by HBC to offer a new worship and learning centre for members of the church. On the exterior TSI replicated some it’s earlier work at Camp Harvest by producing four 40ft stone columns that serve as an impressive main entrance to the centre. Upon entering the main lobby members are greeting by welcome desks and registration areas that have been detailed in a cut Indian red stone tiles, used a recreation of the cut stone tiles on the existing building as a means of uniting the new and the old structures together. As part of the new worship centre HBC have a very progressive children’s program and was keen to extend this by making several interactive learning areas for a variety of different ages. TSI designed and built 3 different learning rooms that would introduce children to the bible and more specifically Old Testament stories, such as, Jonah and the fish, Noah’s Ark and so on. TSI achieved this by creating fun environments that reflected the stories for children to play and learn in. The main worship arena was detailed with the same cut stone as the main entrance. These stone panels flank the main stage and contain warm lighting adding a soft ambience and enhancing the feeling of strength of the community members.

Katmandu – The House of Katmandu, Mallorca, Spain
From an initial concept visual of the project TSI was consulted to design and develop a strategic plan to feasibly construct The House of Katmandu. Over a rolling program lasting almost 9 months TSI was given the task of producing all the external theming of the building façade with additional landscaping elements and individual features that are integrated into the ground of the site. Using the existing style, defined by the concept artist’s work, the storyline which is intrinsically linked to the style of the building and our own research into Tibetan and Asian architecture and culture TSI was able to design and construct an authentic upside down building with a pseudo Tibetan feel that is simply breathtaking. The attraction comprises of an interactive walk-through adventure with memorable characters, a full service bar and restaurant and a gift store all housed within the heavily detailed and brightly adorned building. In its short time since completion The House of Katmandu has already become the second most photographed site in Mallorquin history (secondly only to Palma’s world famous Cathedral) and is featured by many leading tour operators for vacationers.