FALLOW: Public land in suspension

FALLOW examines Ottawa’s public wading pools as sites of shared infrastructure, public use, and seasonal change. Photographed out of season, after the water has been drained and public activity has receded, these spaces exist in a quiet interval between use and dormancy.

The work focuses on what remains when activity disappears: structure, geometry, maintenance, and the systems that organize public space. From an elevated perspective, the pools become graphic forms within the urban landscape, emphasizing repetition, layout, and spatial relationships over human presence.

FALLOW considers how public infrastructure is sustained and how shared spaces shape collective life, access, and belonging.