Sasaki Associates

Sasaki is a global design firm specializing in architecture, interior design, planning, urban design, landscape architecture, strategic planning, graphic design, and civil engineering.[1][2]

History

Sasaki was founded in 1953 by acclaimed landscape architect, Hideo Sasaki in Watertown, Massachusetts, while he served as a professor and landscape architecture department chair at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.[3] When Sasaki partnered with Peter Walker in 1957 the firm became Sasaki, Walker and Associates. In 1959, Walker opened up a new branch of the firm in San Francisco, and in 1964 the Watertown location was renamed Sasaki, Dawnson & DeMay.[4]

Sasaki, Dawson and DeMay redesigned Copley Square in 1970.[5][6] The firm's work includes Christopher Columbus Park (also called the Waterfront Park) and the plaza at the First Church of Christ.[7]

Sasaki won an international design competition for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Green. The design included over 1,700 acres of woods and wetlands. Alan Ward was the lead landscape architect.[8][9] Sasaki principal Dennis Pieprz also wanted the Olympic Green design to be useful in the long-term.[10] The Olympic Forest Park is Beijing's largest public green space.[11]

Led by Sasaki Principals Michael Grove, Mark Dawson, and Tao Zhang, the firm opened its Shanghai office in 2012 where it worked on influential projects including the 798 Art Zone, the master plan for Suzhou Creek, and a vision plan for the Songzhuang art colony.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Adona, Nadia (2015-12-08). "Sasaki Associates". segd.org. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  2. ↑ "Sasaki is Reimagining Resiliency to Build Stronger Communities - gb&d". gb&d magazine. 2017-11-01. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  3. ↑ Raver, Anne (2000-09-25). "Hideo Sasaki, 80, Influential Landscape Architect, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  4. ↑ "Sasaki, Dawson & DeMay | The Cultural Landscape Foundation". Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  5. ↑ "A Unique Job: Expanding a Famed Architect's Legacy". The Boston Globe (Boston, MA). 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  6. ↑ Sasaki, Dawson (1858). "Copley Square". Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  7. ↑ "MUM'S THE WORD AT SMITH - The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | HighBeam Research". Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  8. ↑ DeFord, Susan (2008-03-06). "Looking Past Columbia For Its Center". ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  9. ↑ "Master plan for Beijing Olympics". 2003-03-27. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  10. ↑ Goldberger, Paul (2009). Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture. Monacelli Press. ISBN 978-1-58093-264-6.
  11. ↑ Steiner, Frederick (2011-05-16). Design for a Vulnerable Planet. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-77337-0.
  12. ↑ "Sasaki opens office in Shanghai". Building Design + Construction. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
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