Sasaki landscape architect Chris Hardy imagines a future where designers and planners can bring carbon sensitive design to every project
Planning & Urban Design
Our planners and urban designers are innovative agents of change, committed to improving the human condition. Through meaningful collaboration, we advocate for community and client needs to advance design excellence, sustainability, and resilience. Our rigorous approach is structured by systems-thinking and supported by innovative tools and engagement strategies to empower decision-making that is mission-driven, data-informed, agile, and inclusive.
A consensus-based planning process balances visionary aspirations with institutional constraints to generate a shared vision
Sasaki is excited to be working with the University of Kentucky (UK) on a pioneering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Framework Plan
The American Planning Association’s Colorado Chapter celebrates DEN strategic plan for innovative vision
A visionary and implementable plan for a new academic campus in response to the region's economic, demographic, and environmental contexts
A year-long public engagement process informed the draft
A visionary roadmap to guide a historic capital city emerging from decades of conflict towards a model of sustainable, equitable, and resilient development, tackling physical and social dimensions head-on
A vision for a new urban destination in Northern Mexico
A bold campus vision where innovative pedagogies, architecture, landscape, and ecology come together to create a new paradigm for 21st century learning
A master plan that re-casts 7.7 million square feet of development, creating a diverse, mixed-use environment with pedestrian space and connectivity to Boston's thriving Seaport
In collaboration with HRP and Redgate Capital Partners, Sasaki is carrying out detailed master planning of the 776 Summer Street innovation district in South Boston.
Fully embracing the surrounding landscape and development potential of DEN as the biggest economic driver in Colorado
Creating cultural hotspots to foster connectivity and encourage urban diversity
The master plan will blend adaptive reuse with new construction to preserve the site's history
Large mixed-use project moves forward as momentum builds in SE Austin
The project received the Award of Excellence for Sustainable Development from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Planners, and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
A bold and holistic vision for Afghanistan’s urban future, grounded in a strategic and implementable framework of catalytic projects and policies
Competing to design an Olympic-scale sports stadium and district yields an unexpected architectural and urban design vision
A vision that builds upon one of Sasaki’s legacy plans and supports the campus for long-term growth
An award-winning comprehensive strategy to guide the city of Boston towards a more resilient future
“University cities”—as planned university campuses are typically known in Latin America—are undergoing a massive shift and this university is at the leading edge
Sasaki’s urban design strategy centers on the concept of “push, pull, bridge, and extend” to re-stitch the city fabric on either side of Suzhou Creek
Proving the power of Latin American universities to be engines of innovation and entrepreneurship through partnership with industry and R&D communities
Designing for the next generation of designers: planning and implementing a new design school campus in India