Scale-Mail Screen

Water quality is a serious issue that affects many aspects of daily life. Many of us enjoy access to clean water, but poor quality H2O is a reality for millions all over the world.

In the U.S., water as well as landscape, air quality, and biodiversity have been adversely affected by coal mining. This has especially been a problem in the Appalachian region where mining affects water quality locally and throughout the region through acid runoff and acid rain.

The scale-mail screen demonstrates a new facade for an apartment building in a West Virginia town that experiences sub-par water quality as a result of acid rain and runoff. The new facade addresses acid water neutralization and collection for use by residents, and water treatment before being released back into the environment. The proposal deals with both of these problems through paneling and drainage systems made of acid neutralizing limestone and landscape features that treat water before draining.