Navagunjara Reborn: The Phoenix of Odisha was built for Burning Man 2025 as both a sculpture and an experiment-a fusion of myth, craft, and computation. This paper describes the digital-physical workflow developed for the project: a pipeline that linked digital sculpting, distributed fabrication by artisans in Odisha (India), modular structural optimization in the U.S., iterative feedback through photogrammetry and digital twins, and finally, one-shot full assembly at the art site in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. The desert installation tested not just materials, but also systems of collaboration: between artisans and engineers, between myth and technology, between cultural specificity and global experimentation. We share the lessons learned in design, fabrication, and deployment and offer a framework for future interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of cultural heritage, STEAM education, and public art. In retrospect, this workflow can be read as a convergence of many knowledge systems-artisan practice, structural engineering, mythic narrative, and environmental constraint-rather than as execution of a single fixed blueprint.

翻译：《纳瓦贡贾拉重生：奥里萨凤凰》是为2025年火人节建造的雕塑与实验——融合神话、工艺与计算。本文描述了为该作品开发的数字-物理工作流程：该管线串联了数字雕刻、印度奥里萨邦工匠的分布式制作、美国的模块化结构优化、基于摄影测量与数字孪生的迭代反馈，最终在内华达州黑石沙漠艺术场地实现一次性整体组装。这场沙漠装置不仅测试了材料，更检验了协作体系：工匠与工程师之间、神话与技术之间、文化独特性与全球实验性之间。我们分享了在设计、制造与部署中汲取的经验教训，并为未来立足于文化遗产、STEAM教育与公共艺术交叉领域的跨学科项目提供了框架。回顾来看，这一工作流程可被解读为多种知识体系（工匠实践、结构工程、神话叙事与环境约束）的汇聚，而非单一固定蓝图的执行。