The most critical aspect of the project was to incorporate 21st century performance systems into the space with minimal visual impact to the existing historical building.

Originally constructed to conduct meetings for the entire Church membership, it is now the home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which – since 1929- hosts the longest continuously running radio program – “Music and The Spoken Word”. In addition to this weekly broadcast, the space is the venue for over 500 events annually. Apeiro Design (Auerbach Pollock Friedlander) was asked to design the theatrical infrastructure for four major event types: General Conference, Stake Conferences, large orchestra, choir and reduced size orchestra performances. In each case the facility must appear as if “the current configuration in use is the only configuration”. The different uses of the space were each given equal weight and therefore the space can be appropriately configured for each.

Under this clear directive, Apeiro Design (Auerbach Pollock Friedlander) successfully provided the theatre and audio-video consulting, as part of the extensive seismic upgrade and renovation project.