LocationMexico CityDepolluting Quasicrystal Facade Cleans Mexico City's Air - eVolo | Architecture MagazineElegant Embellishments have installed a depolluting facade on the Torre de Especialidades at the Hospital Manuel Gea Gonzalez, Mexico City. The 2500m2 quasicrystal facade is composed of prosolve370e modules- three dimensional architectural modules with photocatalytic pollution-fighting technology . prosolve370e is a decorative architectural module that reduces air pollution in urban environments.www.evolo.usFighting a Megacity's Pollution with Mega PanelsIn 1992, the United Nations called Mexico City "the most polluted city on the planet." With an estimated 35,000 hospitalizations ascribed to dirty air per year, Mexico City had become "Mexsicko City." Thus the completion of Berlin-based design studio Elegant Embellishments ' sculptural, bad-air-busting façade across the city's Manuel Gea Gonzalez Hospital next month cannot come fast enough.www.architectmagazine.com
