​​​​Sonoran Desert Drive
Desert Spring


ARTIST:  Rosario Marquardt and Roberto Behar
CONTRACTOR:  Haydon Building Corporation
FABRICATOR:  AZ Floor Co.
DATE:  2013
LOCATION:  Sonoran Desert Drive
TYPE Photo-mosaic tile streetscape
MATERIALS:  Photo-mosaic tile
BUDGET:  $888,648
DISTRICT:  2
ZIP CODE:  85027


Marquardt and Behar worked with community residents to develop designs to enhance the bridges and add trail amenities. The glass mosaics set into the low bridge walls were created from botanical photographs of the area  In addition to the mosaics, the artists worked with the project design and construction team to provide shaded viewing balconies and rest areas for bicyclists, hikers and other trail users. They painted the shade structures and bridge railings Palo Verde green, to blend the bridge into the landscape.