The answer is, NO. This was only patterned to the long-time project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil which was started nearly 10 years ago. The Brazilian art is called Favela Painting. Wikipedia describes it as "a series of community artwork in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil painted by Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn with the help of local people".
Here's the mountains of houses in Rio de Janeiro which were colorfully painted with various designs.
