Philip J. Bona, AIA
Philip J. Bona originally founded Baucentrum in 1989 in
San Mateo CA and has provided professional architectural and planning services
to the private and public sector since 1974. In 2007, Philip relocated to San
Diego and joined the staff of the Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC) as
Assistant Vice President for Architecture and Planning where he provided
leadership as a member of the six person senior staff and supervised a team of
10 planners and administrative staff. While with CCDC, he was responsible for
managing the entitlement and permitting process for all new projects in the
downtown as well as maintaining and updating the Planned District Ordinance, the
Community Plan, and preparing various design guidelines, planning initiatives
and requests for proposals. He supervised the Centre City’s Downtown Specific
Sustainability Guidelines, Urban Lighting Guidelines, the North Embarcadero
Visionary Plan, Chair of the Downtown Education Taskforce, various park studies,
and the Centre City Neighborhood Design Guidelines in support of the PDO and
Community Plan.
Upon leaving CCDC In early 2009, Philip reorganized his prior firm for San Diego
as Baucentrum Urban Studio and his expertise continues to set the basis of
knowledge for the firm. His extensive planning, and master planning experience
includes entitlements, CEQA review, hazardous materials environmental management
plans, community planning, wayfinding, new town planning, resort planning,
property reports, feasibility studies, Urban Design Excellence Seminars,
California Redevelopment Agency Seminars, LEED for Neighborhood Design
Workshops, and BIMStorm® San Diego Urban Visualization Charrettes. His
architectural project experience includes community centers, recreational
centers, a correctional facility, public parks, commercial/office, mixed use,
light industrial and warehouse facilities, hospital and medical arts, historic
preservation, theaters, retail, restaurants, primary and secondary educational
facilities and college projects, and single/multifamily residential housing as
well as the projects for the U.S. Postal Service, Navy, and Army Corps of
Engineers. Phil has worked with local planning and building departments in
almost every community in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles,
and San Diego as well as with SanDAG, the Port of San Diego, DSA, OSHPD and the
State Fire Marshal. Philip has significant planning, public outreach,
presentations, and design and construction administration experience and is
expert at quality control and loss prevention techniques in all aspects of
practice.
EDUCATION
Master of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1977
John K. Branner Fellowship Award, University of California, Berkeley, 1977
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1975
REGISTRATION
NCARB - Certificate No. 28,288
State of California - C12382 1981
AFFILIATIONS
American Institute of Architects
Urban Land Institute
Lambda Alpha Int’l Land Use Society
California Redevelopment Association
AIA Committee on the Environment
AIA Urban Design Committee
Regent, California Architectural Foundation
San Diego Council Design Professionals
US Green Building Council
Port of San Diego Cruise Ship Advisory Com.
United GREEN /Future San Diego
AWARDS
LAI Recognition for Leadership in Smart Growth/ Livable Communities in
California improving urban places thru sustainability
Presidential Citation from AIA San Diego for Outstanding Service to San Diego
Design Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects San Mateo County
for Excellence in Design for the Historic Renovation of St. Michael’s Hall,
Belmont CA
Center for Livable Communities for Contributions to National Initiative
Presidential Citation from AIA California Council for the “Housing the Next One
Million Regional Urban Design Charrette”
Recognition from U.S. Congressman to California Tom Lantos; State Senator 8th
District Jackie Speier; and State Assembly 19th District Louis Papan