Groundwater Treatment Facility
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- The 20th Street Groundwater Treatment Facility is located on the northwest corner of Washington and 20th Street in Phoenix. The facility is part of cleanup efforts at the 52nd Street Superfund site, a Federal site being managed by the US Environmental Protection Agency to clean up groundwater impacted by past operations at commercial and industrial facilities in the area. The project is a sculptural edifice designed to take advantage of the one-way traffic that speeds by at 40 mph. The curved, battered scrim is composed of two layers of perforated rusted steel that yields a dynamic moire pattern as one drives by. The perforations gradate in scale from one end to the other as a metaphor for the filtration system behind the semi-transparent screen. The scrim purposely allows blurred views to the radial array of water tanks and the pump building behind it, communicating the facilities purpose.
- Studio Team
Douglas Brown
Steve Jaycox
John Kane
Christopher Kelly
Gregory Lambright
Joseph Salvatore
Victoria Snively
Project Team
Owner: Motorola & Honeywell
Systems: Conestoga-Rovers & Associates
Landscape: Blue Mesa Studios
Cost: Construction Cost Consultants
Construction Management: Black & Veatch
Contractor: Hunter Construction
- The 20th Street Groundwater Treatment Facility is located on the northwest corner of Washington and 20th Street in Phoenix. The facility is part of cleanup efforts at the 52nd Street Superfund site, a Federal site being managed by the US Environmental Protection Agency to clean up groundwater impacted by past operations at commercial and industrial facilities in the area. The project is a sculptural edifice designed to take advantage of the one-way traffic that speeds by at 40 mph. The curved, battered scrim is composed of two layers of perforated rusted steel that yields a dynamic moire pattern as one drives by. The perforations gradate in scale from one end to the other as a metaphor for the filtration system behind the semi-transparent screen. The scrim purposely allows blurred views to the radial array of water tanks and the pump building behind it, communicating the facilities purpose.
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Award
2002 Valley Forward Environmental Excellence Award of Merit
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