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Congratulations to Milee Pradhan on her appointment as Director of Parks and Open Space for the Town of Brookline! During her time at Sasaki, Milee was a vital voice within our practice, managing several academic and public landscape projects in Greater Boston and across the country. We are excited to see her bring her expertise to the public sector, where she'll continue to demonstrate the power of landscape architecture to positively impact daily life and shape our communities. We wish Milee the very best in this new chapter! Read more about Milee's appointment here: https://ow.ly/MceB50UYJmW

Instead of constructing a new facility, Sasaki designed an expansion to the existing Boston College Conte Forum with the addition of the Hoag Basketball Pavilion. 🏀 This clever renovation opens up the walls and transforms the team experience by creating transparency for student athletes and the greater campus. Boston College Hoag Pavilion has been nominated for the ArchDaily 2025 Building of the Year Awards in the Sports Architecture category. Cast your vote today! https://ow.ly/xTyU50UY7s2

From our teams in Boston, Shanghai, Denver, New York, and Los Angeles—we wish you a happy and healthy Year of the Snake! 🐍

In America’s heartland, cities and towns are paving the way for community-driven change. Sasaki has been working with municipalities to reframe relationships to waterfronts, business parks, downtowns, and beyond. 📍Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a destination for commerce, entertainment, and events for the tri-state region of Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. Sasaki released the Ohio River Vision and Strategic Plan in 2024, focused on revitalizing the relationship between Evansville and the Ohio River. The plan's centerpiece, Great Bend Park, will become a new destination for dining, recreation, and outdoor concerts while serving as flood protection infrastructure. Image 1: Rendering of Great Bend Park 📍Dublin, Ohio The City of Dublin selected Sasaki to transform a 210-acre business park into an active, resilient community nexus. The Metro Center offers the opportunity to create new physical, social, and environmental connections to and beyond its edges. The plan integrates housing, retail, dining, office, and open green spaces, establishing a new identity for this neighborhood. Image 2: Rendering of Metro Center 📍Columbus, Indiana Last September, Sasaki was selected to lead the Columbus Downtown 2030 Plan. A haven for modernist architecture and public art, Columbus has a history of prioritizing thoughtful design interventions. The Downtown 2030 Plan will create an aspirational vision for the city that preserves Columbus’s unique and beloved character, charting a course for actionable change that can be achieved in the next 5-10 years. Image 3: Bartholomew County Memorial for Veterans 📍Akron, Ohio Sasaki is leading the transformation of Akron's Innerbelt, a mile-long decommissioned highway that created lasting economic and social challenges for surrounding neighborhoods, severing vital community connections and devaluing properties. The City of Akron recently received a federal grant to repurpose this infrastructure and help create a more equitable, resilient, and connected future for Akronites. Image 4: Innerbelt Master Plan community meeting

Designers and planners—your next opportunity awaits! Sasaki is looking for talented practitioners to join our offices in Denver, Boston, and New York. Positions are currently available across landscape architecture, campus and urban planning, and architecture. Learn more about our open positions and apply directly: https://ow.ly/jVFl50ULmx7 #hiring #architecture #urbanplanning #campusplanning

How can an academic building double as a community living room? Vinicius Gorgati shares what makes this gathering space his favorite moment within The Frederick Gunn School’s Tisch Center. The double height living room offers a special spot for students to slow down and soak in the sunshine ☀️

As a member of the Los Angeles community, and having opened the newest Sasaki studio here last year, we are heartbroken by the devastation of the past week. Our team is safe and in close contact as we further assess and monitor the winds and ongoing containment efforts.  Watching the destruction unfold and witnessing clients and neighbors lose their homes has been deeply painful. Amidst this tragedy, we’ve also seen extraordinary resilience — communities rallying together, offering shelter, support, and hope. Like many, we have watched in awe of the efforts made by first responders and community members who have come together selflessly to avoid further loss. At Sasaki, we believe that design has a critical role to play in helping cities like Los Angeles adapt to the challenges of climate change, including the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires. To that end, we are committed to working with our partners to envision and implement solutions that help mitigate risks and build safer, stronger communities. Over the weekend, hundreds of L.A.-area architects, engineers, and contractors have added their names to a crowdsourced list of building professionals who are eager to help replace what’s been lost. I’ve added Sasaki to this list; interested professionals can submit their names here: https://lnkd.in/e882UEb8. In addition to professional services, donations can be made to the California Fire Foundation and Direct Relief. We want to extend our heartfelt support to those impacted and will continue to do what we can to contribute to the ongoing efforts that remain ahead of us all. As we continue to find ways to support our city, we are committed to helping communities rebuild and adapt to these new realities. Please don’t hesitate to reach out—we want to hear from you. Los Angeles welcomes everyone; it’s my home, and it’s a place where we dream up new futures. That creativity and vision is needed again as we come together to recover and to rebuild. Sasaki

The City of Akron, Ohio, was recently awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support the transformation the Innerbelt 🎉 Sasaki has been leading the master planning process with the City and its residents to create a new vision for this 30-acre site that will take existing infrastructure, topography, and land use into consideration. The federal grant will be matched by $10 million from the City, marking an important step towards creating a site that is equitable, resilient, and reconnected. Read more here: https://ow.ly/n3e750UGTAq #infrastructure #akron #cityofakron #innerbelt #reconnectingcommunities #urbaninnovation 📷: Sean Pavone

The new year will bring a renewed Copley Square in downtown Boston! 🌳⛲ As featured in the Boston Globe, the northeast triangle of the historic park is now open, which will soon be followed by the section across from the Boston Public Library. The square will fully reopen to the public later this year. Sasaki has been working with the City of Boston to revitalize this city landmark to better support daily use and the many public events hosted throughout the year. From yearly Boston Marathon celebrations to weekly farmers’ markets, the new Copley Square will be more comfortable and functional, featuring ample shade and seating options and a renovated fountain. Read more here: https://ow.ly/XyLw50UBofx

Sasaki is collaborating with the City of Santa Monica and its community members to reimagine the Santa Monica Airport. The Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project (SMACP) aims to establish a preferred scenario, centered on a sustainable “Great Park,” following the airport's anticipated closure after the end of 2028. Converting the airport will not only enhance the public realm for people, but also benefit local flora and fauna—the renewed site will serve as an ecological stepping stone for local species, allowing them to adapt to new habitats as the climate changes. The team created a comprehensive, multi-layered site analysis, which was informed by in-person and online public engagement in Phases 1 & 2. By studying the site's historical context, existing conditions, and its connection to the urban and natural environment, the team equipped the community with the tools needed to envision the possibilities. This analysis also establishes a foundation for the City's sustainability initiatives, including meeting goals for onsite water treatment and material reuse to minimize embodied carbon. The feedback gathered through this engagement process will inform three possible scenarios that will be unveiled this spring in Phase 3. Learn more about the project and the engagement process here: https://ow.ly/EfqW50UyWiA