Christopher Ng-Hardy

Chris Hardy is a Senior Associate Landscape Architect and Arborist at Sasaki, based in Boston, Massachusetts. Chris’s experience includes a diverse array of award-winning projects worldwide, spanning 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.

Outside of practice, Chris contributes to the profession through writing, teaching, and advocacy. Chris has been the principal investigator for Sasaki’s Carbon Conscience research team since 2019. This project involves creating both landscape and architectural datasets and translating them into a free and accessible design application, which provides carbon metrics for planning and urban design analysis. Chris serves as co-chair of ASLA’s Climate Action Plan Carbon and Biodiversity Subcommittee and is a co-author of the ASLA Decarbonizing Specifications Guidelines.