WORLD YOUTH DAY 2008

CLIENT: WORLD YOUTH DAY SYDNEY 2008
PROJECT:
  • Main altar structures for Pope Benedict XVI’s historic visit to Australia
  • Site survey, design for construction, project management of build and dismantle
  • Understand and apply the Liturgical design protocols required for a Papal ceremonial mass
FEATURES:
  • 40m x 35m single span roof weighing 43 tonnes (Randwick)
  • Structure accommodated 700 Cardinals & Bishops, a 300 piece choir and 100 musicians
  • 5m x 2.5m truss cruciform erected on the roof of each structure