Client: Olympics Organizing Committee
Location: Salt Lake City, UT, USA (2002)
Olympic Arch
The Hoberman Arch is a 22m wide, 10.7m high (72ft x 36ft) transforming curtain that was installed in front of the stage at the Olympic Medals Plaza for the 2002 Winter Olympics. It provided a magical, artistically engineered performance; including music, lighting, and dancers–to signal the start of each evening’s medal ceremony, witnessed by an estimated 3.5 billion people worldwide. When open, it revealed the Olympic flame.
Key Project Information
Material: Aluminum, Steel, LUMAsite® (Fiberglass Reinforced Acrylic)
Dimensions: 10.7m H, 22m W
Actuation: Two 30 HP Synchronized Winches
Role
Design Principal, Technology Inventor and Patent Holder
Services
Concept Design, Kinematic and Geometric Rationalization, Mechanical Engineering, Fabrication and Testing Oversight, Installation Oversight
Partners
Scenic Technologies, Buro Happold
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