Sculptor Gerry Judah has designed the Centrepiece for the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrating the Mazda Motor Corporation’s unique motorsport heritage with a powerful fusion of sculptural innovation and engineering precision.
Image © David Barbour
The helix like sculpture is composed of 720 steel beams of varying lengths stacked in the manner of pristine matchsticks. The top of the structure features the rotary-engined 787B Le Mans winner and the LM55 Vision Gran Turismo concept, cantilevered 40 metres high over the spectators.
Image © David Barbour
Featuring 120 tonnes of steel sections which, laid end-to-end, would stretch the entire 1235 metre length of the Goodwood Hill Climb, this beguiling structure is sculptor Gerry Judah’s most complex and sophisticated Centrepiece to date.
Image © David Barbour
Image © David Barbour
Image © David Barbour
Image © David Barbour
Facts:
Client: Mazda
Design: Gerry Judah
Engineering: Capita
Fabrication and Installation: Littlehampton Welding
Photography: David Barbour
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