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Biophilic Design

-2021 Judges-

Sonja Bochart Richard V. Piacentini Janice Goodman
IIDA, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA President and CEO President
Regenerative Design, Sustainability and Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Cityscapes, Inc.
Biophilia Consulting

1 Sonja Bochart, a design leader in 2 Richard Piacentini is the 3 Jan has been in the interior
health and wellness for over twen- President and CEO of Phipps plantscape industry for over
ty-five years, has an extensive background Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. thity eight years. She is in her twety
in supporting teams and projects to sup- Since 1994 he has guided the Pittsburgh ninth year as owner and operator of
port both human and ecological well-being. organization from public to private man- Cityscapes Boston, one of the largest
She works nationally as a senior designer agement and is responsible for its green interiorscape companies in the United
and biophilia consultant – focusing on transformation including the opening of States. She has a degree in landscape
human-nature connection in design. Her the Center for Sustainable Landscapes, design and horticultural technology from
portfolio and project references include a zero energy and water building and the the University of NH. She is a registered
projects in all building sectors and manu- only building to meet the Living Building provider for AIA CEU credits. Jan is also
facturers, including workplace, healthcare, Challenge®, LEED® Platinum, SITES™ often a speaker at national landscape
educational, community, behavioral health, Platinum, WELL® Platinum and BREEAM conferences, such as TPIE, BOMA and
residential, cultural centers, and product 6 Star certifications. The sustainability Cultivate. She is a highly active mem-
design and marketing. Sonja serves as efforts Piacentini initiated at Phipps are ber in her local BOMA chapter. Jan has
a recognized leader and educator in the based on recognizing the vital connec- served on BOMA’s Charity Benefit Com-
industry and currently teaches at Arizona tions between people, plants, health, and mittee since 2006. Jan and Cityscapes
State University’s Herberger School of the planet. Piacentini serves on the Ad- received BOMA Boston’s Prestigious
Design. She contributes to such groups as visory Board of the International Living “Affiliate Company and Member of the
Interior Design’s Healthcare and Well- Future Institute (ILFI) and Board of Green Year Awards” in 2008 and 2010. For the
ness Council, the advisory council for Plants for Green Buildings. He is a mem- last 15 years, Jan has been on the Board
the International Living Future Institutes ber of the Mission and Community Needs of Directors for “Green Plants for Green
Biophilic Design Initiative and serves as a Committee for Magee-Womens Hospital, Buildings,” supporting the initiative to
board member for Green Plants for Green the Pennsylvania One Health Task Force, Communicate the Aesthetic, Wellbeing
Buildings. As an advocate for cultivating Biophilic Design Initiative Advisory and Economic Benefits of Nature in the
connections between people and natural Board, and the Advisory Committee for Built environment. She also was inducted
systems, Sonja is one of the foremost the Biophilic Cities Network. He is a Past into Cultivates Interiorscape Hall of Fame
facilitators for project and team biophilic President and Treasurer of ILFI and the in 2016. In 2019 she started a charitable
design workshops, including consulting American Public Gardens Association offshoot of Cityscapes called Trans-
for recent clients including Hans Rosling (APGA), and has received lLFl, US Green planted. A roaming greenhouse that is a
Center for Population Health at the Univer- Building Council, and APGA leadership pop up plant shop on wheels! All profits
sity of Washington, De Montfort University awards. Piacentini holds a MS in Botany, go to local, national and international
Leicester, The Academy of Medical Scienc- an MBA, and a BS in Pharmacy. He is a charities. Truly living Cityscapes mission
es, HMTX Corporation, The Port of Seattle, Registered Pharmacist and a WELL® of “Transforming People’s Lives through
and Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Accredited Professional. the Power of Plants”.
Gardens.

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