2024-12-22T02:56:34-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150135577/mexico-city-deploys-giant-murals-to-clean-its-polluted-air Alexander Walter 2019-05-08T14:18:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/af/afff046584306622965f86673391265b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A colourful mural of a 35m-tall tree in Mexico City is one of three environmentally friendly new public works made using Airlite paint, which purifies polluted air in a process similar to photosynthesis. [...] the mural aims to increase oxygen levels in one of the western hemisphere&rsquo;s most polluted cities, where ozone concentration levels remain high despite government regulations on fuel and cars.</p></em><br /><br /><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1c/1c12f8841e80f66371b0e96e13a73382.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1c/1c12f8841e80f66371b0e96e13a73382.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy of Boa Mistura.</figcaption></figure><p>"Airlite paint chemically reacts with&nbsp;pollutants in the air, turning them into inert compounds," reports <em>The Art Newspaper</em>. "The roughly 1,000 sq. m mural should neutralise the same amount of pollution created by around 60,000 vehicles a year."</p><p>The artists responsible for painting the mural on Reforma Avenue (pictured above) are members of the Spanish art collective <a href="http://www.boamistura.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boa Mistura</a>.<br></p>