Goodwood Festival of Speed sculpture, July 2009.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed sculpture, July 2009.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed sculpture, July 2009.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed sculpture, July 2009.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed sculpture, July 2009.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed sculpture, July 2009.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed sculpture, July 2009.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed sculpture, July 2009.
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The facts
Client: Gerry Judah Ltd
Location: Goodwood, Surrey
Services: Structural Engineering
Sector: Sports
Contract Type: Negotiated
Project Value: £400,000
Start/Completion: May – June 2009
The project
Capita Bobrowski – part of Capita Symonds – has provided
structural engineering design services for the spectacular central
sculpture at the Goodwood Festival of Speed for the past five
years.
This year’s innovative display – sponsored by Audi in its
centenary year – was designed especially for the event by renowned
sculptor Gerry Judah. Celebrating Audi’s achievements in
motorsports, the sculpture features the legendary 1937 Auto Union
Streamliner and the recently launched R8 V10 sports car at either
end of a dramatic 'swoosh' of tyre tracks, as if they are driving
off into the sky.
Although the 44 tonne, 32metre high structure is entirely
fabricated from steel, Capita Bobrowski utilised in-house software
that was originally written for tensile fabric to provide the
complex cutting patterns needed for the steel plates that are
welded to the central core tube.