Mission Bay : Sculpture by Richard Deutsch

Hulls commemorates Mission Bay’s waterfront, which is steeped in maritime history. During the 16th century Ohlone Indians, sustained by hunting and fishing, built boats from the reeds of the bay’s shallow waters. The 1800’s saw a vibrant industry of wooden schooners and ferryboat builders, which later lead to the fabrication of large metal World War 1 and II submarines and battleships.

In conceptualizing this sculpture, Richard Deutsch was drawn to the concentration of wooden boat builders who worked along the Mission Bay waterfront in the mid-1800s. As a symbolic form, the graceful hulls of these vessels not only contain the humanity of this historic time, but they continue to captivate those who gaze out to sea.

Credits
Design Assistance: Ross Charles Smith, Architect, Deutsch Studio
Commissioned by ML Mission Bay, LLC (Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group, San Francisco)
Site Address: 500 A. Terry Francois, San Francisco
Building Architect: Chong/Partners Architecture, San Francisco
Landscape Architect: EDAW/AECOM, San Francisco

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