Together with the Sasaki Foundation, Sasaki is launching the Incubator at Sasaki at its headquarters in Watertown, MA. Bridging academic research and professional practice, the Incubator will serve as a creative hub for internal and external researchers who are solving complex problems of resiliency, mobility, and social equity in the design of the built environment.
On Thursday, January 25, the Society of Arts and Crafts hosted a Sasaki-sponsored event, NEXT: A Party for the New Year, to convene some of Boston’s leading minds to imagine the future with creativity, energy and optimism. The evening featured presentations by six key influencers and disruptors from across the city of Boston who are working in the public realm, the arts, and tech innovation to create positive change in the built environment.
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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" module_class="sasaki-half-image-content-box" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="50px||50px|" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" module_class="order-1" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_image src="https://www.sasakifoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240420_120657_blog.jpg" title_text="20240420_120657_blog" align_tablet="center" align_phone="" align_last_edited="on|desktop" admin_label="students discussing model" _builder_version="4.25.1" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label="Caption1" module_class="caption-1 left-col-caption-1 margin-top-50" _builder_version="4.25.1" custom_padding="|||50px" global_colors_info="{}"]Students and mentors discuss ideas in front of the Construction Zone exhibit model
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" module_class="right-col-padding order-2" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text module_class="bod-bio body-text" _builder_version="4.25.1" global_colors_info="{}"]Mentors from the Boston Society for Architecture, Wolfworks, STUDIO ENÉE, STA Design, WSP, Robert Olson + Associates Architects, ARUP, Commodore Builders, CannonDesign, Eponymous Practice, Margulies Perruzzi, Zephyr Architects, and the Boston Planning and Development Agency came together to assist the youth in thinking of what activities would best engage children in the construction process.
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_8,3_8,1_2" module_class="sasaki-half-image-content-box" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="50px||50px|" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_8" module_class="order-1" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_8" module_class="order-3" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text module_class="sasaki-post-content body-text" _builder_version="4.25.1" text_font_size="20px" text_line_height="24px" header_3_font="|700|||||||" header_3_font_size="40px" global_colors_info="{}"]It was impressive what the students were able to imagine in only a few hours! Their ideas ranged from touch walls where children could feel all textures of different materials, to an excavator area, dress-up stations, tool stations, and building activities. The museum was thrilled to see the creativity and ingenious ideas the students were able to model and were excited to have received such a good amount of feedback.
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The Sasaki Foundation fosters equity and inclusivity by engaging diverse groups and individuals in the design of the environment. We sponsor research and programs that empower communities and strengthen education in design.
Events
2024 Design Grants Pitch Night
June 6, 2024
What we do
The Sasaki Foundation empowers communities by tackling inequity in design. We work with communities, civic leaders, practitioners, educators, and others to support research and programs that diversify the voices involved in shaping the built environment.
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Research & Grants
Complex challenges—such as climate change adaptation, affordable housing, mobility and transit access, and community building—require interdisciplinary approaches by a diverse set of stakeholders.
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Community Learning
Meaningfully engaging the public in the design process offers the greatest opportunity for success in sustaining communities.
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Design Education
Industries that have a diverse talent pool and an inclusive creative process are the most successful. A thriving design industry needs a pipeline of diverse, talented, and passionate practitioners.
History
In 2000, the Hideo Sasaki Foundation was established by Sasaki, a multidisciplinary design firm, and included a bequest from the family of Hideo Sasaki, an internationally renowned landscape architect who was admired for his teaching, critical abilities, and multidisciplinary approach to design. Today, the Sasaki Foundation carries forward Hideo Sasaki’s legacy by blurring the boundaries that separate practice and research, academia and industry, the profession and the public to co-create change to shape the built environment.