Porsche Sculpture Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018, East Sussex sports cars event photos, White steel structure
Porsche Sculpture Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2023
Public Art Installation at East Sussex Car Event design by Gerry Judah, England, UK
22 Jul 2023
A convergence of art and engineering!
Location: West Sussex, southern England, United Kingdom.
Design: Gerry Judah
Porsche Sculpture at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2023
Photos by David Barbour
Porsche Central Feature at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2023
Goodwood Festival of Speed witnessed a convergence of art and engineering as it unveiled my latest sculpture to commemorate 75 years of Porsche cars.
The towering white steel sculpture stands 28 meters high and 26 metres wide. Its central dodecahedral core is connected to three curved hoops and six straight arms, each ending with six original models representing milestones in Porsche’s history. The lineup includes the Porsche 356, the 911 Sport Classic, the 911 Carrera GTS, the 963, the 962 Blaupunkt and the 718 F2.
The steel superstructure weighs 40 tonnes. Supporting the structure is an underground steel grillage weighing 8 tonnes and a concrete foundation of 290 tonnes.
Client : PORSCHE CARS GB & GOODWOOD ROAD RACING COMPANY
Design & Production : GERRY JUDAH
Engineering : DIALES TECHNICAL
Fabrication & Installation : LITTLEHAMPTON WELDING
Photography : DAVID BARBOUR
Previously on e-architect:
31 Jul 2018
Porsche Sculpture at Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2018
Location: West Sussex, England, UK
Design: Gerry Judah
Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2018
July 2018 marked the 25th annual Festival of Speed at Goodwood House in West Sussex.
The Festival of Speed is a major event in the world motorsport calendar, featuring the latest racers, championship drivers and incredible displays of classic cars.
For these 25 years, British artist and designer Gerry Judah, has been commissioned to create the spectacular centrepiece sculpture for the event. This year celebrates 70 years since the Porsche 356 was first introduced in 1948.
The sculpture stands in front of Goodwood House at 52 metres high, towering high above the entire event. One single narrow spine, starting at only 98 millimetres wide on the ground, shoots vertically to explode into seven pointed spindles, on which six iconic Porsches sit dramatically at each end, with the seventh spindle pointing sharply into the sky.
The cars displayed are as follows:
356 – the first Porsche produced in 1948
917 – an endurance racer as driven by Steve McQueen in the 1971 film “Le Mans”
959 Paris Dakar rally winner from 1987
918 Spyder—a hybrid road car from 2015
919 Le Mans Prototype from 2015
911R— a limited edition road car introduced in 2016 representing the latest in Porsche design.
Despite the sheer size—as high as Nelson’s Column—the sculpture as a whole is incredibly lightweight—just 21 tonnes of steel to support 6 tonnes of cars.
The geometry is based on a regular truncated octahedron, this shape giving positions to display all six cars, with a stem at the bottom and a spire on top. All parts are hexagonal tapered tubes, giving strength and rigidity, and fabricated entirely from laser-cut steel plate.
Gerry Judah’s installations can be seen in the Imperial War Museum, St Paul’s Cathedral and the India High Commission as well as international locations such as Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea and an entrance sculpture outside the Porscheplatz Museum in Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart.
Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2018 – Design Information
Client: Porsche
Design & Production: Gerry Judah
Engineering: Diales
Fabrication & Installation: Littlehampton Welding
Photography: David Barbour
Lotus Sculpture for Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018 images / information received 310718
Central Sculpture for Goodwood Festival of Speed
MG Central Feature at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2024
photo : David Barbour
MG Central Feature at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2024
Aston Martin Sculpture Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019
Central Sculpture for Goodwood Festival of Speed 2017
photo : David Barbour
Mazda Sculpture for Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015
photo : David Barbour
Lotus Sculpture for Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012
photo : David Barbour
A recent Gerry Judah sculpture – DRIFT, Dallas, Texas
Another sculpture by Gerry Judah – Jacob’s Ladder, New Zealand
Location: Goodwood, East Sussex, UK
Porsche Buildings
Porsche Building Designs
Porsche Pavilion, Wolfsburg, Germany
Design: Henn Architekten
photograph : HG Esch
Porsche Pavilion Wolfsburg
Porsche Museum
Design: Delugan Meissl
image © Delugan Meissl Associated Architects
Porsche Museum Stuttgart
Porsche Design Centre, Weissach, Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Design: HENN
photog : HG Esch
Porsche Design Centre in Weissach
Porsche Design Towers, Dubai Building
New Sussex Buildings
Contemporary Sussex Architecture
Chalfont House, East Sussex
Design: RX Architects
photograph : Ashley Gendek
Chalfont House
Merimac House
Design: Dyer Grimes Architecture
photography : Timothy Soar and Jack Hobhouse
Merimac House
University of Sussex Life Sciences Building
Design: Hawkins\Brown
image from architects
University of Sussex Life Sciences Building
English Buildings
English Architecture Designs – chronological list
Comments / photos for the Porsche Sculpture Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2018 – Southern England Architecture page welcome
Website: Gerry Judah