Laguna Honda Hospital
375 Laguna Honda Blvd.
Foresthill
These two pieces, which sit in rooms that are across the hall from each other, are titled Landscape and are made of terracotta.
Igarashi sculpted hundreds of clay pieces for these terracotta reliefs creating a textured landscape between the in-dining and living areas.
Japanese artist Igarashi has taught at Chiba University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He collaborated in the foundation of the Faculty of Design at Tama Art University (Kaminoge Campus) to set up the first computerized design education in Japan and was the first Head of Design Department.
In 1994, he ended his 25 years of design activity and moved to Los Angeles to become a sculptor. After working with marble, he discovered terracotta and wood as his material. He returned to Japan in June 2004.
Igarashi has three pieces at Laguna Honda, one of which is in an accessible area off of the third-floor promenade.
The hospital had a $3 million budget for the artwork within the new wing of the hospital, thanks to the 1% for art requirement in San Francisco public buildings.
The budget for the three pieces provided by Takenobu Igarashi was $238,686
Much of the art at Laguna Honda is not accessible to the general public, so only 2 of Igarashi’s 3 pieces appear in this website.
a close up of the layers of Takenobu Igarashi’s piece