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Charlotte Transportation Center / Arena Station

The Charlotte Transportation Center/Arena Station extends Sasaki's integrated team services for the Charlotte area's new Uptown corridor light rail system. Located adjacent to a new arena, a transportation terminal and an upcoming entertainment center, the new transit station is the centerpiece of a major hub of public activity bridging the boundaries of the uptown and downtown districts.

Central Indianapolis Waterfront The Upper Canal

Sasaki extended the Central Canal northward by three city blocks and created a northern landscape terminus to this pedestrian recreation corridor. A fountain that incorporates historic canal control gates falls into the canal basin and dominates this water landscape.

2008 Beijing Olympic Green

Sasaki won first prize in the international design competition to establish the master plan for the Olympic Green – the main site of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. As winners of this original competition, Sasaki is proud to have set the urban design framework for the design of the Olympic Green. However, the actual implementation of the architecture and landscape architecture of the completed Olympic Green was accomplished by other firms.

Hongxing Oceanfront Community

Sasaki's master plan for the Hongxing Oceanfront Community, with a balanced combination of new development, public open space, and ecological conservation, will be an example of how growth can be accommodated, the public realm can be celebrated, and the quality of the environment can be restored to create a sustainable community that will become a model for the continued growth of Dalian.

Jiading New City Center Landscape Axis

Sasaki is the lead landscape architect for Jiading’s new 83 hectare central park. When completed, the linear park will be the most significant public open space in this rapidly expanding suburb, providing both active and passive recreational opportunities for residents.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit

The urban design and site design for this mile-long transit corridor links downtown districts, reflects district character and defines track, pedestrian and auto zones. Special streetscape treatments, shelters and a dynamic public art program unify and animate the corridor, support adjacent retail development and enhance safety in off-peak hours.

Addison Circle Park

Sasaki provided landscape architectural and civil engineering services for an 10-acre park with open lawn, plaza and garden spaces that provide a variety of venues for performances, special events and festivals, as well as the daily recreational needs of local residents. Special features include the Fountain Plaza with an interactive water feature, the Water Garden with groves of trees surrounding channels with arching streams of water, and a 400’ long pergola shaded walk. Addison Circle Park is the centerpiece for Addison’s continuing urban development.

Baton Rouge Wayfinding

The City of Baton Rouge hired Sasaki to assist with the programming, design, and implementation of a downtown wayfinding system to better serve visitors. Imbued with a rich heritage stemming from a succession of French, English, and Spanish rule and Native American culture, the city offered imagery in many forms for the designers to draw from.

Port of Los Angeles Wilmington Waterfront Development

The Sasaki team worked with Port staff and Wilmington stakeholders to develop a series of connected open spaces offering the Wilmington community 47 acres for informal/passive recreation use and events. The master plan also extends a 5-mile stretch of the California Coastal Trail, linking Wilmington to the adjacent community of San Pedro.

Savannah East Riverfront and City Squares

As part of a 2007 invited competition, Sasaki created three new squares for underdeveloped land east of the historic district in Savannah, the East Riverfront Neighborhood. By orienting the new squares to the river, the city is reconnected to its waterfront. The new mixed-use urban development creates a highly walkable, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood where home, work, and recreation opportunities all occur within a few blocks. Connecting with larger open spaces provides opportunity to experience and appreciate the environment while encouraging leaving automobiles behind.

Urban Districts/Public Spaces/Transit
Successful urban environments historically have met the practical, functional needs of society and, at the same time, expressed cultural and civic aspirations. Our planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and civil engineers create coherent urban environments that are strategic, inventive, and carefully considered to balance market forces and levels of public investment. Sasaki's award winning planning and design work includes large scale vision plans, strategies and frameworks for urban districts, the design of public transit systems, as well as the design and implementation of new public spaces and urban waterfronts. The commitment to the real and imagined, the achievable and the visionary, distinguishes our work.