911 Love: Marc Fornes

Be it on Google’s Charleston East campus in Silicon Valley, at Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan, or on the cruise ship Harmony of the Seas, architect Marc Fornes delights people all over the world with his art. The Frenchman’s creative work is characterized by outsize sculptures that combine shapes and structures in a unique way through the use of high-tech materials. For the world premiere of the new all-electric Macan, Fornes created his futuristic version of a two-car garage. In Singapore, the ultrathin installation made from aluminum and consisting of 6,000 individual parts served as the perfect stage for a future-oriented vehicle.

What is love?
Doing something despite everything.

How are you?
Inspired. I’m just back from the world premiere of the new Macan in Singapore – the time I spent with the Porsche family was incredibly exciting.

The Porsche 911 in three words?
Who knows, knows.

Which simple things can make you happy?
A snow day and chocolate.

What would you never do in a 911?
Be bored.

What’s your favorite road?
As I am originally from Strasbourg on the border between France and Germany, without hesitation the unlimited section of the autobahn.

What can distract you?
Anything happening through the window – I am a dreamer.

Three things you would take to a desert island?
A pillow, a multi-tool, and a solar-powered satellite phone.

Is there a historical figure you admire?
Jacques-Yves Cousteau – an adventurer, visionary, activist, and businessman.

What on a 911 could you do without?
The cigarette lighter button.

And what couldn’t you?
The “click” sound when closing the door.

What music did you wake up to this morning?
My daughter singing We Are The World.

Your favorite film?
The documentary Dogtown & Z-Boys.

Your favorite book?
Life, the biography of Keith Richards.

Where do you long to be?
The sand dunes of Namibia.

Your most treasured possession?
My air-cooled 911.

Your secret?
I bite my nails. But zip it, lock it, and put it in your pocket.