Doug Cooper, Medical Science Building Mural

2002, Medical Science Building, UCSF

Medical Sciences Building Mural, 2002: The 72-foot long and 270 degree panorama of San Francisco has as its focus the history and mission of UCSF. The mural, located on the second floor of the Medical Science Building, was a collaborative project bringing together the artist, Douglas Cooper, Andrew Mellon Professor of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Gregoire Picher, an anthropologist; and a team of students from Carnegie Mellon University, with UCSF faculty, staff, former patients, and long-time residents of San Francisco. The mural presents a panoramic view from Mt. Sutro and the Golden Gate to Mission Bay with multiple time periods existing side-by-side. Present-day views of the city are interspersed with buildings, events, and personalities from the past.