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Innovista Master Plan

Columbia, South Carolina is a medium-size river city that is both the state capital and host city for the main campus of the University of South Carolina. Sasaki was hired to create a master plan for the area between the university and the riverfront, at present a largely undeveloped area with a sharp 80-foot drop-off in topography and dramatic views. Spanning a roughly 500-acre district, the plan's aim is to transform this under-used precinct into vibrant urban district that combines university research facilities, low- and mid-rise residential and parkland along the Congaree River.

Foundation Square

Located at the “crossroads” of the Innovista district, Foundation Square creates a vibrant new public square and an urban oasis. It is the centerpiece in a network of public green spaces that stretches from the Congaree waterfront park to the heart of the University of South Carolina. It is a place where City and University meet, in a physical and figurative sense, by melding academic, research, business, entertainment and commercial uses.

798 Arts District Vision Plan

Sasaki's 798 Vision Plan seeks to regenerate the area as a high quality, mixed use district with a distinct focus on the arts. Planning and design principles included emphasizing the arts as a central theme for the district, retaining the essential qualities of the historic industrial aesthetic, developing strategies which make the district more visible, and encouraging a wide variety of arts-related and other complementary uses.

University of California, Berkeley Design Framework Plan/New Century Plan

A master plan and urban design program for the massive revitalization of the campus. The plan offers an opportunity for the University to create a positive synergy of buildings and landscape, and enhance the experience of campus life.

Cleveland RTA Waterfront Transit Line

Sasaki provided urban design, landscape architecture, wayfinding, and traffic consulting services on a team working to integrate stations, bridges, trackway, streetscape, and other elements of a two-mile long extension that links the downtown with North Coast Harbor on Lake Erie.

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.

Thu Thiem New Urban Center Master Plan

Thu Thiem is conceived as an urban environment that offers places to live and work, to recreate and refresh the spirit, to live in harmony and in contact with nature. The concept for this new urban center of 7 square kilometers focuses on connections to the riverfront; linkages to the historic city center across the Saigon River; promotion of a compact urban form that ensures flexibility and feasibility to accommodate growth and change.

Mayo Clinic Phoenix/Scottsdale Master Plan 2000

The Mayo Clinic-Arizona has experienced significant growth since its founding in 1987 in Scottsdale. Currently employing a staff of over 3,000, it serves 295,000 patients annually and supports a growing basic science research program. In 1988, Mayo Clinic Hospital was added to the 210 acre Phoenix campus, which is the location for future growth of clinical services, hospital expansion, research programs, education, and administration. The purpose of the master plan is to demonstrate how the Phoenix and Scottsdale campuses can grow to meet future needs and establish itself as the leading academic tertiary referral center in the Southwest.

Abu Dhabi University Education Park

Abu Dhabi University Education Park (ADUEP) is a fundamental component of Abu Dhabi University's mission to provide an educated and technology-savvy workforce. ADUEP contains world-class research and development labs, business incubators, and affiliated offices along with retail services and residential units to create a 24 hour pedestrian friendly environment as an extension to the Abu Dhabi University campus. The research park creates a mutually supportive environment, providing opportunities for both the academic world and the business world. Within this model, ADUEP is the first of its kind in the Middle East.

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.

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