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Marsh Zone
2000
Fairfield
This mobile, temporary project makes visible the tension between space for nature versus space for humans.
Several parking spaces around the City of Fairfield, which was built on marshland, are reserved for a small patch of marsh that travels around the city in a debris box. Official city signs designate this valuable parking space for Cattails, Tule reeds and other native wetland plants only.
The piece is a visual reminder of where Fairfield has been built but also engages people in a dialogue about the value of a native ecosystem in the context of building and running a city.
