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Firm Introduction SASAKI – Sasaki is internationally recognized for creating vibrant and sustainable places that have a lasting positive impact on humanity. For over sixty years, Sasaki has been guided by the commitment to a collaborative style of design. Since our inception, we have brought together the best of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, urban INTERIOR design, civil engineering, graphic design, place branding, DESIGNER PLANNER and data science to shape the places in which we live. SOFTWARE ENGINEER Sasaki’s global experience includes award-winning work ARCHITECT across a range of scales, disciplines, geographies, and ARCHITECT industries – from the planning of large-scale international commercial, office, and cultural districts, to new campuses for higher education, to the detailing of individual workspaces for world-leading corporations. This breadth of experience across client and project types enables us to attack problems multi-dimensionally and develop full- DATA ANALYST spectrum solutions. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT We support our clients in taking the time to thoroughly ECOLOGIST develop a strategy that allows them to execute strategies that at once embrace local nuance while delivering consistency across markets. Our clients understand that space has the power to shape the way they do business; and our work with them typically begins at early programming and visioning and continues through design and implementation. CIVIL URBANURBAN ENGINEER DESIGNERDESIGNER FIRM BACKGROUND SUSTAINABILITY Number of Staff: 300 EXPERT Services: Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Place Branding, Community Engagement, and Data Science Years in Business: 64 (founded in 1953) Offices: Watertown, MA (Headquarters) & Shanghai, China SASAKI – We are a global company. We bring the full breadth of our services to a wide variety of clients around the world. Our founder, Hideo Sasaki, insisted that every project must be put in its cultural, historical, geographical, environmental, social, and economic context. This approach is even more important today than it was then. From the United States and the rest of North America, to Asia, the Middle East, South America, and Europe, we bring the full breadth of our services to a wide variety of communities, municipalities, and organizations. Our approach to each project responds to a number of critical factors of working in the region, including adherence to local codes; integration of key sustainable strategies related to water resources, walkability, and transit; understanding SHANGHAI OFFICE the city’s unique culture and climate; and the recognition of existing site conditions and transportation networks. Shanghai, China Through these efforts, Sasaki has provided full design and planning services to private real estate developers, cities, SASAKI HEADQUARTERS and both private and public institutions to realize feasible Watertown, Massachusetts and visionary projects. Our breadth and depth allow us to United States guide action from planning through implementation. Our teams, our thinking, and our project work demonstrates this commitment to full-spectrum design. Striking this artful balance requires first acknowledging that different geographical cultures, norms, and space requirements vary in scales. Sasaki collaborates with corporate leaders to work together with local office leadership to make trade-offs and find feasible solutions that make sense for the local workforce. While we have strategically placed all of our partnership in one main office, we understand that “local” matters, particularly as it relates to relationships with clients, stakeholders, and local communities. For this effort, we have teamed with locally based partners, enabling those to benefit from on-the-ground presence of 300 TOTAL EMPLOYEES members of our team, with leadership consistently from Watertown, Massachusetts. Architecture & Landscape Planning & Civil Graphic Interior Design Architecture Urban Design Engineering Design SASAKI – Sasaki has recently worked with a significant range of leading clients across various Academic Institutions Commercial Developers International Corporations markets, and we bring the depth and breadth of our experience to each new commission. Cities and Public Agencies TECNOLOGICO DE MONTERREY NEW MAIN LIBRARY 401 CONGRESS STREET | BOSTON MICROSOFT NERD CENTER LINCOLN MEMORIAL LANDSCAPE AND REFLECTING POOL ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH DISTRICT PLAN LAKEVIEW VILLAGE MASTER PLAN | TORONTO NBC UNIVERSAL MASTER PLAN KABUL URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN SAIGON PORT MASTER PLAN | HCMC VIETNAM AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS SELECT CLIENTS SELECT CLIENTS SELECT CLIENTS SELECT CLIENTS Architect of the US Capitol National Park Service Arizona State University Sciences Po Birla Estates Kettler Akamai Technologies NBC Universal City of Boston, MA NYC Department of Design Dartmouth College Tecnologico de Monterrey Boston Properties Lodha Group Biogen OSRAM City of Chicago, IL Port of Los Angeles, CA Emory University UC Berkeley Catellus Development Corp. Oxford Properties ESPN Philips City of Denver, CO Presidio Trust Harvard University University of Pennsylvania Country Garden Shui On Land Fidelity Investments PepsiCo City of Kabul, Afghanistan Shanghai Planning Bureau MIT University of Texas at Austin Emaar Simon Property Group Havas/Arnold Worldwide Samsung Denver International Airport The Nature Conservancy Princeton University Universiti Teknologi Petronas Greenland Group Sunny World Lenovo SharkNinja HCMC Dept. of Planning The World Bank Singapore University of Virginia Tech Greystar Vanke Real Estate Marriot International Walmart Jinan China Planning Bureau US General Services Admin. Technology and Design Xinyang University Godrej Properties WS Development Microsoft Wolverine Worldwide SASAKI SASAKI’S WORK IN HO CHI MINH CITY – Our work in Vietnam began in 2003 and is rooted in a deep understanding of its people, culture, ecology and economy, Highly Interactive Innovation 3 Districts Framework Plan which results in vibrant, inclusive and viable projects. Select projects in Vietnam led by Sasaki include: Rach Chiec Î Highly Interactive Innovation Districts Framework Plan, 2 National Sports District Ho Chi Minh City Î Thu Thiem New Urban Area, Ho Chi Minh City Î District 4 Master Plan, Ho Chi Minh City Î Rach Chiec National Sports District, Ho Chi Minh City Î Saigon Port Master Plan, Ho Chi Minh City Saigon Port 1 Thu Thiem New Î Can Giuoc Satellite City, Ho Chi Minh City Master Plan 4 Urban Area Î Con Chim New Town, Vinh Long City Î Tuan Chau Island Master Plan, Ha Long Bay City Î Bach Dang Harbor Park, Ho Chi Minh City Î Chau Giang Startup Hub, Phu Ly City District 4 Î New Mixed Use Community Master Plan, Danang Master Plan Thu Thiem New Urban Area Rach Chiec National Sports District Highly Interactive Innovation Districts Framework Plan Saigon Port Master Plan 2 111 22 3 4 3 SASAKI – Sasaki’s work has been recognized with over 800 local, regional, national, and international design awards. SASAKI IS HONORED TO RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING FIRM AWARDS: HIGHLY INTERACTIVE INNOVATION DISTRICTS FRAMEWORK PLAN 2020 Fast Company, World Changing Ideas Finalist, Asia Pacific Category SELECT RECENT AWARDS: 2019 2018 MIPIM Asia Awards, Best Urban 2020 AIA Award, American Institute of Regeneration Project - Gold 2020 Tecnológico de Monterrey New Las Salinas Architects, Regional & Urban Design Main Library Boston Society Of Architects, Campus And Chicago Riverwalk Emory University Framework Plan Fast Co. Innovation By Design Awards, Urban Planning Awards, Award American Institute Of Architects, Honor Society for College and University Planning, Finalist—Best Design North America Award, Regional & Urban Design Fast Company World Changing Idea Honor Award for Excellence in Planning for an Category 2019 Fast Company, World Changing Awards, Finalist – Urban Development American Institute of Architects, Honor Existing Campus Company of the Year Finalist Fast Co. Innovation By Design Awards, Category Award, Architecture Xinyang University South Bay Campus Honorable Mention—Spaces, Places, And WAN Awards, Future Projects 2017, Winner Engineering News Record, Best of the Best Master Plan Cities Category Landscape Urban Development Project Society for College and University Planning, Tecnológico de Monterrey New Chengdu Panda Reserve 2012 American Planning Association, Merit Award for Excellence in Landscape Main Library American Society of Landscape Architects, The PLAN, Education Category: Architecture for Open Space Planning American Institute Of Architects New Honor Award for General Design National Firm of the year Educational, Training and Research England Design Awards, Honor Award Anant University Academic Building Institutes - Finalist Green Building Showcase 2018, Market Renovation XV National And International Biennial Of Leader Award Series, Innovation Category, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas: Pierre L’Enfant International Planning SCUP/AIA-CAE, American Institute of Mexican Architecture, Honorable Mention First Place Spaces, Places, and Cities Category - Architects Committee on Architecture for Honorable Mention International Interior Design Association, Denver International Airport Strategic Excellence Award Education, Merit Award for Excellence in Latin America Design Awards, Higher Development Plan Architecture for Building Additions, Renovation