Polyforum Siqueiros Galleries: Home of the World’s Largest Mural Gets a Green Upgrade

Celebrated Mexican designers <a href="http://www.bunkerarquitectura.com/">BNKR Arquitectura</a> have given <a href="http://www.polyforumsiqueiros.com/ingles/poly/framst01.htm">Polyforum Siqueiros Galleries</a> in Mexico City - the site of the world's largest mural - an incredible new facelift. The original decagon-shaped design by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Alfaro_Siqueiros">David Alfaro Siqueiros</a> - one of the popular Mexican muralists from the same generation as Diego Rivera - featured dark blue industrial carpeting and other heavy decorations that failed to properly represent the exhibitions inside, so BKNR lightened up the vast space by either removing or improving the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/existing-materials/">existing materials</a>.

Celebrated Mexican designers BNKR Arquitectura were tasked with giving the historically-important Polyforum Siqueiros Galleries in Mexico City a facelift.

Instead of completely re-designing the building, the designers made small improvements to existing materials.

The wood ceiling and staircase were sanded and varnished to give them a new shine.

An ugly dark blue industrial carpet was removed.

A new glass window permits more daylighting and better highlights the exhibits inside.

The ugly carpet was replaced with this shining white epoxy floor.