If Charlie, the hero of R. Dahl's children's book, tried to imagine what a chocolate factory should look like, he hardly thought it would look like that. Although, maybe he just has never been to Mexico.
When Mexican architect Michael Roykind was asked to design a new interior for Nestlé's chocolate factory for daily visitors, he proposed creating a new complex where visitors could learn about the history of this cocoa-derived sweetness.
The offer was well received, and Roikind and his team immediately got down to business. The design and construction of the complex took an entire two and a half months - faster than any in-line project in China. The complex is a horizontal sculptural structure and is located near the main highway leading to Paseo Tollocan.
It quickly became a local landmark, and tourists are already being brought here. The complex stands on concrete columns that raise it above the ground. The walls are a bizarre polyhedron, no less mesmerizing with its abstractness both from the outside and from the inside. The museum has a children's room, shop and theater.
From the outside, this slightly winding structure looks like a giant abstractionist red steel caterpillar. You say, where is the factory itself? Don't worry, it can be accessed directly from the museum, both buildings are connected. By Wallpaper magazine.
