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The New UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay in San Francisco
It may have taken 10 years, but the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay recently opened up its new facility in San Francisco and it was worth waiting for. It features 289-beds, 6-stories, 878,000-square-feet and is home to 3 specialty hospitals: Benioff Children’s Hospital, the Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital and the Bakar Cancer Hospital for adults. It is also attached to the Ron Conway Family Gateway Medical Building. This LEED certified facility was designed throughout to feel more like a home than a hospital, giving patients a soothing, family-friend environment in which to heal. Large windows are used throughout, as well as colorful and stress-relieving artwork.
Below are just a few of the photos featured in the article on Healthcare Design Magazine‘s website. To read the entire article and see all of the photos, click here.
Patients and families are greeted by a bright, 22-foot-tall sculpture in the lobby of the children’s hospital, where bold colors and asymmetrical shapes abound. Photo: Rien van Rijthoven.
Art that promotes healing is an integral part of the facility design. Here, a sculpture that symbolizes the interconnectedness of life adds color and character to a double-height lobby atrium in the outpatient building. Photo: Rien van Rijthoven.
These fluorescent asterisk sculptures hang over the lobby of the UCSF Ron Conway Family Gateway Medical Building. Each is meant to represent a star in the constellation of Ophiuchus, an ancient Greek god of medicine and healing. Photo: Rien van Rijthoven.
Inspirational artwork can be spotted throughout the new facility. Murals and poetry add a splash of color to the corridor that connects the hospitals to the MOB and one another. Photo: Rien van Rijthoven.
Source: Healthcare Design Magazine
