Between Digital and Handmade: Computer-Aided Craftsmanship

A curved structure currently under construction, with the image showing the construction state: simple tripods and measuring rods marking positioning points are placed on the ground, and workers are tying elements on traditional bamboo scaffolding. The completed part shows a precise hyperbolic paraboloid, while the unfinished part consists of scattered straight rods. This contrast is key—the final shape comes from digital calculation, but every joint is handmade. Workers wear ordinary work clothes, in natural poses. The time is early morning, the light is flat, and the sky is pale. Avoid: adding cranes or large machinery, depicting workers in neat rows, the structure being completed without construction traces, the ground being overly clean.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座正在搭建中的曲面結構,畫面呈現施工的狀態:地面上放置著標示定位點的簡易腳架與標尺,工人站在竹製的傳統棚架上進行綁紮。已完成的部分呈現精確的雙曲面,未完成的部分還是散落的直桿。這個對比是重點——最終形狀來自數位計算,但每一個接合都是手做的。工人穿著一般的工作服,姿態自然。時間是清晨,光線平,天空是淡的。避免:加入起重機或大型機具、把工人畫成整齊排列、結構已完成而沒有施工痕跡、地面過度整潔。