HIDEO SASAKI [1919 – 2020]

NAGABARAN C P - YADHU S P - 3RD YEAR - VI SEM - ‘B’ SEC - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE - MYSORE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
HIDEO SASAKI [1919 – 2020]

ABOUT THE ARCHITECT

● A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND EDUCATOR.

● HE RECEIVED BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS AND

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN 1946.

● IN 1948 HE GRADUATED WITH A MASTER OF

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FROM HARVARD DESIGN SCHOOL.

. ● HE BECAME A PROFESSOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OF THE
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN.

● IN 1953, HE FOUNDED SASAKI ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED IN

NEARBY WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE HE WAS THE
PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN UNTIL 1980.

● HE LED THE COMPANY'S ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS IN DEVELOPING

MANY NOTED COMMERCIAL AREAS AND CORPORATE PARKS.
 ABOUT THE FIRM :

● SASAKI IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN FIRM PRACTICING

ARCHITECTURE
● THE FIRM IS HEADQUARTERED IN WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
INTERIOR DESIGN
● SASAKI WAS FOUNDED UPON COLLABORATIVE,
PLANNING
INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN, UNPRECEDENTED IN DESIGN PRACTICE
URBAN DESIGN
AT THE TIME, AND AN EMPHASIS ON THE
SPACE PLANNING
INTEGRATION OF LAND
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
BUILDINGS
ECOLOGY
PEOPLE
CIVIL ENGINEERING AND
CONTEXTS
PLACE BRANDING.
STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE:

● MODERNIZED THE CONCEPTS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.

● HE CREATED A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO DESIGNING A LANDSCAPE.

● IN HIS WORKS, SEVERAL CHARACTERISTICS ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, SUCH AS THE
HISTORICAL,CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL USE OF THE LAND .

● SASAKI BECAME FAMOUS FOR DEVELOPING THIS CONCEPT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY PLANNING.

● IN ALL OF THE SITES THAT HE DEVELOPED, A BALANCE IS IMPLEMENTED INTO THE DESIGN.

● ONE ASPECT THAT SASAKI ASSOCIATES PAYS PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ASPECT OF THE LAND.

● THEY HAVE TAKEN PART IN CREATING SEVERAL "GREEN DESIGNS.“

● THESE DESIGNS ARE CREATED TO ENHANCE OR MAINTAIN THE HEALTH OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
TYPES OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
• PLAZAS
• CORPORATE PARKS
• COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND
• MASTER PLANS
MAJOR PROJECTS
• FOOTHILL COLLEGE, LOS ALTOS HILLS, CALIFORNIA, 1957
• WASHINGTON SQUARE VILLAGE, GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK CITY,
1958
• MASTER PLAN FOR SEA PINES RESORT, HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA,
CIRCA 1961
• BELL LABS HOLMDEL COMPLEX, HOLMDEL TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, 1962
• CONSULTANT FOR YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO, 1962
• MASTER PLAN FOR UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST,
AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS, 1962
• JOHN DEERE WORLD HEADQUARTERS, MOLINE, ILLINOIS, 1964
• ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, 1964
• ONE SHELL PLAZA, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 1971
• URBAN DESIGN FOR PEARL STREET MALL, BOULDER, COLORADO, 1977
• WATERFRONT PARK, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1990
• GREENACRE PARK,NEW YORK,1964
• MASTER PLAN FOR THE ARBORETUM AT PENN STATE, STATE COLLEGE,
PENNSYLVANIA, 1999
• PERFORMANCE HALL, UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, LOGAN, UTAH, 2006
• MASTER PLAN FOR THE PUERTO RICO CONVENTION CENTER DISTRICT,
2006
• REDESIGN AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ITHACA COMMONS, 2015
GREENACRE PARK
LOCATION : NEW YORK , USA

PROJECT TYPE : PUBLICALLY ACCESSABLE PRIVATE PARK

AREA: 6000 SQ.FT (557 SQ.M)

OCCUPANT: PUBLIC

DESIGN TEAM: SASAKI, DAWSON, DE MAY AND ASSOCIATIONS

KEYWORD: • WATERFALL
• POCKET PARK

AWARDS: • BSLA, MERIT AWARD, 3RD PROFESSIONAL AWARD PROGRAM, 1986

• AMERICAN ASSCIATION OF NURSERYMRN, LANDSCAPE AWARD,
20TH LANDSCAPE AWARDS PROGRAM, 1972

BIOPHILIC • REFUGE
• PRESENCE OF WATER
PATTERNS: • NON-VISUAL CONNECTION WITH NATURE MYSTRY
GREENACRE PARK
LEGEND
• 25 FOOT TALL WATERFALLS
UP • COOLS AIR AND MUTES THE NOISE
FROM SURROUNDING TRAFFIC
• CREATES SPACE FOR QUIETUDE

UP

DN
PARK HAS 3 LEVELS
• THE FIRST SPACE THE VISITORS ENTER
INTO AN OPEN PLATFORM
SITE PLAN
• WITH NUMEROUS SMALL TABLES,
PARTIALLY SHELTERED BY A CANOPY
OF HONEY LOCUST TREES
• WHILE THIS AREA IS THE LARGEST AND
MOST SOCIAL OF THE PARK’S THREE
DISTINCT AREAS,
• IT RETAINS AN ATMOSPHERE OF
TRANQUILITY EVEN DURING THE
PARK’S MOST POPULAR HOURS.
 UP
• ALONG WESTERN WALL,THERE IS
UP A RAISED PLATFORM, SHADED BY
DN A PLATINAED STEEL TRELLIS.
KEY PLAN • WEDGED INTO THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE PARK, NEAR THE
WATERFALL,
• THIS AREA IS REMOED FROM
HIGHY SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTOF
THE MAIN LEVEL

FRONT ELEVATION

• AN UNIMPENDED VIEW OF THE

LOWER AREAS OF THE PARK
HEIGHTENS THE SENSE OF
SECURITY AND PROVIDES A
GOOD BALANCE OF PROSPECT
T-SHAPED FLOWER BED ACT AS
AND REFUGE CONDITIONS
PHYSICAL DIVIDER
NON-VISUAL CONNECTION WITH NATURE
• THE IMMERSIVE QUALITY OF THIS
PARK IS PRODUCED IN LARGE PART BY
SOUND, SMELL,TOUCH OF NATURE
• VISITORS ARE OFTEN OBSERVED
CLOSING THEIR EYES TO TAKE IN
THESE SENSATONS MORE FULLY
WATER FLOWING ALONG THE EAST WALL
 WASHINGTON SQUARE VILLAGE
• ONE OF THE FIRST ROOFTOP GARDENS COVERING A PARKING
GARAGE IN THE COUNTRY
• A GARDEN OF 1.5 ACRES OF LAND
• IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A
SUCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF LANDSCAPE AND HARDSCAPE IN AN
URBAN SETTING
• SASAKI USES A VERIETY OF TREES SPECIES IN THE ATRIUM,
INCLUDING JAPANESE ASH TREES, WEEPING CHURRY, WILLOW,
SYCAMORE, AZALEA, CYPRESS, ETC. TO PROVIDE SEASONAL
COLORS AND BIRDS ARRIVALS

• AT THE SAME TIME ,THE PLANTING AND PLANTING TROUGHS OF

TREES ALSO PROVIDE SEATS AT THE SAME TIME. IN ADDITION TO
SHAPING THE SPACE, IT ALSO BECOMES A PLACE WHERE
COMMUNITY RESIDENTS INTERACTS WITH EACH OTHER.
• SCIENCE THERE IS A GARAGE BELOW HE GARDEN IT HAS MANY
STAIRCASES AND ONE RAMP
• THE BLOCK WAS DESIGNED TO CREATE AN ISOLATED URBAN SPACE FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
• AS, ELLEN JOURET-EPSTEIN WRITES “YOU FEEL THAT BUILDINGS HAVE TURNED THEIR BACK ON
THE STREETS. BUT, WLK INSIDE, AND YOU FIND A SECRET GARDEN.”

• “ THE GARDEN AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED TOGETHER TO
CREATE A HARMONIOUS CENTRAL GREEN SPACES TO BE ENJOYED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

• ONE OF THE DEFINING DESIGN ELEMENTS OF

THE PARK IS CRAB APPLE TREE BOSQUET
WITH CONCRETE PLANTERS THAT FORM
BENCHES
• THE USE OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURAL
DESIGN OF THE GARDEN DISPLAY THE
INFLUENCE OF MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE OF
THE TIME

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1. STONE SLAB TABLES ETCHED 2.THE ENTRANCE TO THE GARDEN 3.AVENUE LINED WITH PANE TREES 4.BOSQUET OF THE CRAB APPLES
WITH CHESS BOARD
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