D.Butterfly Resort Desert Resort Development by Peter Stasek

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

PS : The creation of an artificial and environmentally friendly oasis

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

PS : There is more and more desert area. New projects have to be realized here too, but by other means.

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

PS : This concept should also be further developed and used in other projects.

DI: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?

PS : over a year

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

PS : At the beginning was the idea which was later presented to the investor

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?

PS : the negotiations are still going on

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

PS : I also think desert offers a lot of challenges for a designer

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

PS : In the final phase, some of my employees also participated in this project

DI: Who is the target customer for his design?

PS : to make an area attractive, where one does not expect this

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

PS : I think here are many approaches to be able to use such areas

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

PS : D.Butterfly is like being able to fly across the desert like a desert butterfly

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

PS : imagination drawings models ArchiCAD 3dsMax

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

PS : touch the existing landscape as little as possible

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

PS : There were some experts here

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

PS : good technology should make all parts of the design more elegant and cheaper to build

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

PS : the decisive factor here was intuition as usual

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

PS : the development of the individual parts of the building forms the landscaping designer structure

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

PS : to share a creative approach

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

PS : it does not depend on the beauty of the landscape but on the viewing angle alone