A New Standard for Equitable Communities in America
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Join us as we host Philip Bona, FAIA. Phil will present expanded standards for Global Housing and Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations Habitat III event. Looking at the criteria for “A Citizen’s Right to the City”, he will discuss differences between equitable and ethical design, marketing, and business practices. And he will discuss how Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion can be used to promote design excellence for the good of a healthy community.
Learning Objectives:
- Global Housing and Sustainable Development Goals: Participants will learn global criteria for Sustainable and resilient development through the lens of the United Nations Habitat III – New Urban Agenda.
- Personal Responsibility for Equitable Communities: Participants will learn about “A Citizen’s Right to the City”, and will examine and distinguish some unique differences between equitable and ethical design, marketing, and business practices. Learn how to leverage these strengths to evolve your community effectiveness through client relations.
- Using the lens of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, participants will begin to evaluate and develop their unique personal design stories to promote design excellence for the good of a healthy community, for the profession, and for resilient environmental design expression.
- It Takes a Village: Learn how to influence others and promote your practice through community relations and volunteerism.
Speaker, Philip J. Bona, FAIA
Phill has enjoyed a diverse career spanning 4 decades of practice and of continuous service to the AIA. He was a founding member of AIASMC and was the 2000 Chapter President. Phil continued to inspire the Institute, its members and society as 2006-07 AIA California V.P of Legislative Affairs, 2017 AIA San Diego President, and he served a 3-year term on the AIA National Strategic Council. His effective leadership and advocacy shaped professional and public knowledge of critical issues affecting society and the environment. Currently a sole-practitioner with Baucentrum Urban Studio, his work has included affordable housing, mixed-use and highrise residential projects, K-12 schools, universities, municipal buildings. historic preservation projects, and several Net Zero buildings. In 2007, Phil moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to San Diego, where he joined the San Diego Redevelopment Agency – Centre City Development Corp (CCDC) as Assistant Vice President for Architecture and Planning. He served a 4-year term as Adjunct Professor at the New School of Architecture and Design in San Diego Teaching Architecture, Urban Studies, and Professional Practice. Phil was a Branner Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and received a Master of Architecture Degree in 1977.