The Austrian firm Delugan Meissl Associated Architects has completed the Porsche Museum located in Stuttgart, Germany. It opened to public as the 31st of January this year. Now, everyone can drool freely at the monolithic car cathedral of the Porsche Museum as well as at the shiny speed-machines.
The stature and the confidence of the Porsche brand is absolutely reflected on its engaging exterior design. Textural surface alterations as well as varying angles and levels define a structural complexity of the car manufacturer. Slashes of glazing makes the building shines outward and beckon passers inside.
As a museum, the building serves the Porsche’s product development history where everyone can look in the Classic-Workshop archive. Stretching into a far-fetching gallery the collection unfolds and meanders through varying levels connected by sloping roads that visitors can steer themselves through and experience over 100 years of automotive design prowess.
Technical data of Porsche Museum:
Mass of concrete 21,000 m³
Mass of excavated material 66,000 m³
Mass of concrete steel/basement 4,000 t
Mass of steel/museum’s structural element 6,000 t
Steel elements core 2 160 t
Powers at the cores‘ corners approx. 34,000 MN
Cubage / Areas Total area 28,000 m²
Prefabricated concrete slabs 10,000 m²
Span steel structure between the cores 60 m
Surface structural element of museum, outer façade 5,000 m²
Soffit structural element of museum 6,600 m²
Augered piles 115
Total length of augered piles 1,840 m
Perimeter insulation 2,000 m²
Sheeting walls 13,000 m²
Sheeting supports 1,470 m² Sheeting ceiling slabs 20,000 m²
Building dimensions
Approximate length 160 m
Approximate width 70 m
Approximate height 28 m
Length of the spiral exhibition approx. 550 m
Length of the escalator, height difference 18 m / 36 m
