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.