Chris Hardy, PLA, ISA CA
Senior Associate
Sasaki

Chris Hardy is a Senior Associate Landscape Architect and Arborist at Sasaki, based in Boston Massachusetts. Chris’s experience includes an array of projects around the world, ranging from master plans to complex, constructed urban landscapes. Chris focuses on the integration of ecology and culture, with a commitment to exemplary craft in the built environment. Chris has been the principal investigator for Sasaki’s landscape Carbon Conscience research team from 2019 to the present. This project includes building both landscape and architectural datasets and translating them into a free and accessible design application, providing carbon metrics for planning and urban design analysis. Chris serves as cochair of ASLA’s Climate Action Plan Carbon and Biodiversity Subcommittee. He has taught construction technology and recently co-authored ASLA’s guide to decarbonizing landscape specifications. Chris believes that every project is an opportunity to experiment, listen, and learn.