Design for the cauldron of the Sydney Olympic Games, 2000 [technical drawing] / Michael Scott-Mitchell
- Bib ID:
- 3304978
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Scott-Mitchell, Michael, 1960-
- Related Online Resources:
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137008237
- Description:
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- [ca. 1999]
- 1 technical drawing : pen, ink and pencil on butterpaper ; 75.5 x 89.5 cm.
- Summary:
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This drawing includes both the cauldron and its mast.
- Biography/History:
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The Olympic cauldron, lit by final torch-bearer Cathy Freeman in the opening ceremony of the Games, was designed by Michael Scott-Mitchell. Its construction involved two years of planning, design and rigorous implementation by a team of design engineers, manufacturers and suppliers covering structural, mechanical, electrical and hydraulic engineering, gas-burner technology and computer control. The 10 metre diameter stainless steel cauldron, weighing approximately 8.5 tonnes, was designed to rise out of a circular pond after the flame was lit, and ascend, as though floating, up a waterfall to the top of the northern stand. It was collected by a 50 metre mast rising from behind the stand, and the main burner in the tip of the mast was lit. After the conclusion of the games, the cauldron was disassembled and refurbished, before being installed as the centrepiece of Sydney Olympic Park, on a new base. It was reignited one year after it first burst into flame.
- Notes:
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- Title from acquistions documentation, see file NLA04/1541.
- Condition: small tears left, upper and lower edges; correction fluid used in 2 places, centre; mathematical calculations in pencil, upper right. Conservation treatment: repairs to edge tears.
- Inscriptions: "version 2; 1:25"--in ink, lower right.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 2005.
- Subject:
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- Stadium Australia (Homebush Bay, N.S.W.) -- Pictorial works
- Olympic Games (27th : 2000 : Sydney, N.S.W.) -- Pictorial works
- Sports facilities -- New South Wales -- Homebush Bay -- Designs and plans
- Stadiums -- New South Wales -- Homebush Bay -- Designs and plans
- Homebush Bay (N.S.W.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Designs and plans
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1999
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