Sasaki at AIA25
Heading to AIA25 in Boston next week? Hear from Sasaki’s design leaders throughout the conference. This year, we’ll be hosting two tours of 10 World Trade, as well as a tour that features three Sasaki projects that reconsider how we design for life in a waterfront city.
Interested in learning more about how Sasaki approaches sustainability? Meet with our director of sustainability, Tamar Warburg, and sustainability coordinator and 2026 BSA/AIA President, Alison Nash at the Committee on the Environment (COTE) Open Forum.
More information about the events can be found below and on the AIA25 website.
Conservation & Change: Boston City Hall & Plaza
Wednesday, June 4
9:15am – 12:15pm
Maurico Gomez joins Maressa Perreault from Utile, Mark Pasnik from OverUnder, Dion Irish from the City of Boston, and Kate Tooke from Agency Landscape and Planning
As Boston City Hall nears its 60th birthday, the city has begun transforming its nine stories of concrete into a space that is open, welcoming, and accessible to all. How do you conserve a masterwork of concrete modernism while allowing for transformation and change? Join us to explore the history of the building and its plaza—and how renovations are preserving the building’s significance and the original design intent. The designers and historians behind the Rethink City Hall master plan, conservation management plan, and recent building and plaza renovations will lead this tour, with appearances by city representatives and guests.
Building Boldly: The Integrated Approach to 10 World Trade
Wednesday, June 4
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Friday, June 6
10:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Hear from Meredith McCarthy, Victor Vizgaitis, Yifaat Ayzenberg Shoshan, and Kate VanHeusen.
Building off AIA24’s “Why Build Bold?” presentation, walk through one of Boston’s iconic developments: 10 World Trade. Ground-floor retail and cultural programming pair with a lush public park to showcase the power of an inclusive public realm within private development.
10 World Trade exemplifies an integrated design approach, seamlessly blending landscape, architecture, interiors, and structural engineering to deliver a holistic, universally accessible experience. Explore cutting-edge sustainable design and resilience strategies in one of Boston”s most vulnerable floodplains, which also drives innovative climate-positive design through state-of-the-art facade and building systems.
Arrive curious. Leave informed. Remain inspired.
Sasaki Open Studio
Wednesday, June 4
6:30 – 8:30 PM
This sold out event is open to AIA25 conference attendees. For pre-registered guests, join Sasaki staff in our Boston office at 110 Chauncy Street to see what we’re working on and meet the people behind the work.
Committee on the Environment (COTE) Open Forum
Thursday, June 5
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Meet with Tamar Warburg and Alison Nash.
Join the Committee on the Environment (COTE) community for substantive facilitated engagement—a lively session of “curated networking”—on the connection between architectural education and practice.
The session’s first 25 minutes will include remarks from COTE Chair Robin Puttock, two past winners of the COTE Top Ten for Students Competition, and longtime industry leader and educator Barbra BatShalom.
The remaining time will feature engaged table discussions hosted by local leaders and COTE community members from around the nation. Topics will include advocacy, education, practice/education partnerships, resilience and adaptation, commitment programs, building reuse, and much more.
Resilient Boston: Reimagining Design for the City by the Water
Friday, June 6
2:00 – 5:00 PM
Hear from Marta Guerra, Mauricio Gomez, Tamar Warburg, and Yifaat Ayzenberg Shoshan.
Tour three projects that reimagine life in a waterfront city in a changing climate. All three Sasaki projects integrate architecture and landscape in anticipation of how Boston can survive and thrive despite rising sea levels, storm surges, and extreme heat.
Projects include 10 World Trade Center, a high-rise designed to withstand flooding; the Boston Children’s Museum redesign to protect from flooding while engaging the waterfront; and Boston City Hall Plaza, featuring strategies for heat resilience and stormwater reuse. Together, these projects highlight an integrated design approach for a better future for life in a city surrounded by water.
Square, Greenway, Plaza: Giant Green Roofs That Changed Boston
Saturday, June 7
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Mauricio Gomez joins Robert Uhlig of Halvorson | Tighe & Bond LA Studio, Sean Sanger of Copley Wolff, Diana Fernandez Bibeau from City of Boston, and Gretchen Rabinkin from Boston Society of Landscape Architects
When the AIA Conference last came to Boston, the city was a different place. The highway had just been demolished. City Hall Plaza was still a barren sea of bricks. But today’s Downtown is a much more vibrant place, thanks in part to giant green roofs sitting atop major underground infrastructure.
This 1.5-mile tour will take you through Post Office Square, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, City Hall Plaza, and Government Center. Along the way, you’ll hear from landscape architects, urban designers, and city officials about design vision, technical details of implementation, and much more. The entire route is fully accessible.