-PATRICIA JOHANSON-
For over twenty years Johanson has insisted that art can help to heal he Earth. Her works are real and proposed functional structures that not only address the human desire for something beautiful, historical, and culturally relevant but also the needs of the earth, birds, insects, and other wildlife that co-habitat the space. She works with engineers, scientists, and citizens to design parks, sewers, and other public structures. Johanson's goal is to reclaim degraded landscapes and rebuild them in a way that allows previously endangered species to thrive in urban conditions.
One of her parks that I found very beautiful is her "Endangered Park" along the coastline of the San Fransisco Bay. the park is actually a pump and holding tank for water and sewage. Her goal was to create not only a functional space but something that benefited the landscape.
The park is designed not only to be a functional sewer system, but to also create more spaces for food and habitats for the local wildlife. The entire complex contains a tidal sculpture, butterfly meadow, seating and scenic overlooks of the bay so that the public can also have access to the bay front. The park is shaped into the form of California's Garter Snake which is an endangered species. Finally, the park is thirty feet wide and three-quarters of a mile long and fully incorporated into the roof line of the new water and sewer plant.
To see this awesome art: Patricia Johanson
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