THE INTERVENTION ADDRESSES ECONOMIC DAMAGE THROUGH THE CREATION OF LABOR AND TRAINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THROUGH IT’S REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL. IN ITS ENTIRETY, IT FUNCTIONS AS A TRANSITIONARY INFRASTRUCTURE FROM AN OIL CENTERED ECONOMY TO A POST OIL INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE.
DAMAGED SOIL IS EXCAVATED FROM ABANDONED WELL AND BROUGHT TO THE SOIL REMEDIATION TOWER TROUGH A SYSTEM OF CONVEYOR BELTS. AT THE BASE OF THE STRUCTURE, SOIL IS TRANSPORTED IN CASES THROUGH ELEVATORS AND DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE FOUR LABORATORIES.
THE FOLLOWING SOIL REMEDIATION PROCESSES ARE AIR SPARGING, IN SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION, BIOREMEDIATION, AND ELECTROKINETICS. EACH OF WHICH ARE SITUATED WITHIN ONE OF THE LABORATORY SPACES THAT CIRCULATE THE LENGTH OF THE TOWER.
ONCE CLEANED, SOIL IS DEPOSITED INTO GABION WALLS. STRIATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS ARE RENDERED VISIBLE THROUGH THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE TOWER’S GABION WALLS. THROUGH THE ADDITION OF SOIL INTO THE TOWER, THE STRUCTURE IS STRENGTHENED BY THE MATERIAL IT IS DESIGNED TO HEAL.
OPERATIONS TRANSITION FROM EXTRACTION TO HEALING. THROUGH OIL REMEDIATION, VALUE IS REINSERTED INTO THE LANDSCAPE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE LABORER. HEALED SOIL BECOMES A STOCK WORTHY OF INVESTMENT FOLLOWING ITS REPAIR.
