PROJECT: Dimension³

Chengdu China  2014

At every scale, construction begins with measurement. On building sites, dimensions are meticulously taken and verified, with the humble measuring tape as the essential tool that defines volumes, surfaces, and spaces.

In Dimension³, I elevate this overlooked object into the realm of art. In China’s rapidly expanding construction and manufacturing industries, measuring tapes are cheap, ubiquitous, and indispensable. By repurposing this familiar tool, I invite viewers to reconsider their relationship to space, scale, and the materials that silently shape our world.

In the installation, measuring tapes extend outward from a base, their metal edges painted red. Each tape becomes a point in space, its length a visible and literal measure of depth. Through parametric design, the length of each tape is carefully controlled, generating organic surfaces and volumes that shift with each new site. The result is a dynamic, data-driven landscape: a materialized field of measurement.

Dimension³ transforms a tool of precision into an experience of perception — a space where construction becomes poetry, and measurement becomes form.