Sasaki (company) explained

Sasaki
Founded:1953
Founder:Hideo Sasaki
Area Served:International
Website:http://www.sasaki.com/

Sasaki is a design firm specializing in Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design, Space Planning, Landscape Architecture, Ecology, Civil Engineering, and Place Branding.[1] The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, but practices on an international scale, with offices in Shanghai,[2] and Denver, Colorado,[3] and clients and projects globally.

History

Sasaki was founded in 1953 by landscape architect Hideo Sasaki while he served as a professor and landscape architecture chair at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.[4] Sasaki was founded upon collaborative, interdisciplinary design, unprecedented in design practice at the time,[5] and an emphasis on the integration of land, buildings, people, and their contexts.[6]

Through the mid to late 1900s, Sasaki designed plazas (including Copley Square),[7] [8] corporate parks, college campuses, and master plans, among other projects.

The firm includes a team of in house designers, software developers, and data analysts who support the practice.[9] Today, Sasaki has over 300 employees across its diverse practice areas and between its two offices.[10] The firm engages in a wide variety of project types, across its many disciplines.

Milestones

In 2000, in honor of the passing of the firm's founder, the family of Hideo Sasaki together with Sasaki and other financial supporters, established the Sasaki Foundation.[11] The foundation, which is a separate entity from Sasaki, gives yearly grants, supporting community-led research at Sasaki.[12] In 2012, Sasaki opened an office in Shanghai to support the firm's work in China and the larger Asia Pacific region.

In 2018, Sasaki opened the Incubator, a coworking space designed by and located within the Sasaki campus, which houses the Sasaki Foundation as curator of programming.[13] The 5,000 square-foot space is home to several like-minded non-profits, organizations, and individuals.[11]

In 2020, Sasaki established a new office in Denver, Colorado, marking the firm's third physical studio location.[14] Opening an office in Denver, a region where Sasaki has been working since the 1960s, positions Sasaki to deliver on projects across western North America.

Awards and recognition

In 2007, Sasaki was honored as the American Society of Landscape Architects firm of the year.[15] In 2012, Sasaki won the American Planning Association firm of the year award.[16]

Sasaki has earned numerous consecutive Pierre L'Enfant International Planning awards from the American Planning Association.[17] [18] [19] [20] In 2017, two of the five annual finalists for the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence were Sasaki projects: the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building (Boston, MA)[21] and the Chicago Riverwalk both were recognized as silver medalists.[22] Sasaki has been named a top 50 firm by Architect Magazine numerous times.[23] [24]

The firm has been recognized by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA), Boston Society of Architects (BSA), American Planning Association (APA), American Institute of Architecture (AIA), Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), Urban Land Initiative (ULI),[25] Dezeen,[26] and Fast Company, among others.

Research

Notable Sasaki-sponsored research projects include Sea-Change Boston (2016 ASLA Honor Award),[27] Shifting Gears: An Urbanist's take on autonomous vehicles (2019 Fast Company honorable mention),[28] Understanding Homelessness,[29] and Where Design Meets Play.[30]

Select projects

Sasaki has a large portfolio of work, which includes:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sasaki Associates. Adona. Nadia. 2015-12-08. segd.org. en. 2018-01-01.
  2. News: Sasaki opens office in Shanghai. Building Design + Construction. 2018-01-01. en.
  3. News: Rodriguez . James . Global design firm plants flag in Denver with new office . Denver Business Journal . Denver . 2020-10-22 . 2021-06-15 .
  4. News: Hideo Sasaki, 80, Influential Landscape Architect, Dies. Raver. Anne. 2000-09-25. The New York Times. 2018-01-01. en-US. 0362-4331.
  5. Book: Simo, Melanie. The offices of Hideo Sasaki: a corporate history. Spacemaker Press. 2001. 1888931221. Washington, D.C..
  6. Web site: Hideo Sasaki The Cultural Landscape Foundation. tclf.org. 2019-08-16.
  7. News: A Unique Job: Expanding a Famed Architect's Legacy. 2017-10-24. The Boston Globe (Boston, MA). 2018-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128132649/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P4-1954151614.html. 2018-01-28. dead.
  8. Sasaki. Dawson. 1858. Copley Square. 2018-01-06.
  9. Web site: Building with Big Data and High Tech. 2018-10-29. Urban Land Magazine. en-US. 2019-08-16.
  10. Web site: Sasaki Associates Inc - Company Profile and News. 2019-08-16. www.bloomberg.com.
  11. Web site: Sasaki Hires Alexandra Lee as the First Executive Director of the Hideo Sasaki Foundation and Curator of New Incubator. 2017-10-05. Boston Real Estate Times. en-US. 2019-08-16.
  12. Web site: Sasaki Foundation 2019 Design Grants Open House StartHub. starthub.org. 2019-08-16.
  13. Web site: Incubator At Sasaki. incubatoratsasaki.com. 2019-08-16.
  14. News: Global Design Firm Sasaki Opens New Denver Office to Expand Western U.S. Reach . Cision . PR Newswire . 2020-09-22 . 2021-06-16 .
  15. Web site: 2007 The Landscape Architecture Firm Award Recipients asla.org. www.asla.org. 2019-08-16.
  16. Web site: Sasaki Associates, Inc.. American Planning Association. 2019-08-16.
  17. Web site: 798 Arts District. American Planning Association. 2019-08-19.
  18. Web site: National Planning Achievement Awards 2016. American Planning Association. 2019-08-19.
  19. Web site: Tecnológico de Monterrey Urban Regeneration Plan. American Planning Association. 2019-08-19.
  20. Web site: The Songzhuang Arts and Agriculture City. American Planning Association. 2019-08-19.
  21. Web site: Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building. Rudy Bruner Award. en-US. 2019-08-19.
  22. Symone . Strong . . Finalists for the 2017 Rudy Bruner Award Announced . . 14 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190819184332/https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/finalists-for-the-2017-rudy-bruner-award-announced_o . Aug 19, 2019 . en-us . February 10, 2017 . live.
  23. . The 2018 Architect 50 . . 14 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514104417/https://www.architectmagazine.com/architect-50/2018/ . May 14, 2023 . en-us . November 7, 2018 . live.
  24. Web site: Kolson Hurley . Amanda . The 2011 Architect 50 . . 13 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220330045225/https://www.architectmagazine.com/architect-50/2011/ . Mar 30, 2022 . en-us . December 22, 2014 . live.
  25. Web site: Finalists Named for 2019 ULI Global Awards for Excellence. 2019-05-15. Urban Land Magazine. en-US. 2019-08-19.
  26. Web site: Finalists Named for 2019 ULI Global Awards for Excellence. 2019-05-15. Urban Land Magazine. en-US. 2019-08-19.
  27. Web site: Sea Change: Boston 2016 ASLA Professional Awards. www.asla.org. 2019-08-19.
  28. Web site: World Changing Ideas 2019: All the winners, finalists, and honorable mentions. Clendaniel. Morgan. 2019-04-08. Fast Company. en-US. 2019-08-19.
  29. News: Mapping America's Homelessness Crisis. Misra. Tanvi. Bloomberg.com. 7 April 2017 . en. 2019-08-19.
  30. Web site: Where Design Meets Play. 2017-06-28. Foundation. en-US. 2019-08-19.
  31. News: Master plan for Beijing Olympics. 2003-03-27. 2018-01-06.
  32. Web site: Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building / Mecanoo + Sasaki Associates. 2015-04-29. ArchDaily. en-US. 2019-08-23.
  33. Web site: Chicago Riverwalk | State Street to Franklin Street | 2018 ASLA Professional Awards.
  34. Web site: Sasaki Designs a New Progressive Master Plan and Four New Buildings for the Universidad de Lima. 2019-07-30. ArchDaily. en-US. 2019-08-23.
  35. . The Nord Family Greenway . . 14 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190821212048/https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/the-nord-family-greenway_o . Aug 21, 2019 . en-us . May 24, 2016 . live.
  36. Web site: New Development Could Transform Portland's Arts Landscape (And Its Skyline). Scott. Aaron. www.opb.org. en. 2019-08-23.
  37. Web site: Sasaki Transform the Yangtze Waterfront with Flood-Friendly Masterplan. 2019-01-31. ArchDaily. en-US. 2019-08-21.
  38. Web site: Sasaki launches an incubator and hosts its second annual hackathon. 2018-07-18. Archpaper.com. en-US. 2019-08-23.
  39. Web site: Sasaki Is Redesigning City Hall Plaza for the Masses. 2019-08-21. Boston Magazine. en-US. 2019-08-21.
  40. Web site: Boston Society of Landscape Architects – Announcing 2018 BSLA Design Awards. en-US. 2019-08-21.
  41. Web site: 401 Congress. 401. 2019-08-21.

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