Segundo Cardona Colom FAIA (born 1950) is a Puerto Rican architect and developer. His work has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), by the Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico College of Architects and Landscape Architects, or CAAPPR, for its acronym in Spanish) as well as by the International Union of Architects. In 2006 Cardona was elected as Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. In 1992, he was awarded the Henry Klumb Award.
Education and Career
Cardona entered the School of Architecture of the University of Puerto Rico and was a member of its first graduating class, obtaining a B.Arch in 1972. He was a design professor in the UPR (1974–1984) and was principal at Segundo Cardona Architects before co-founding in 1984 Sierra Cardona Ferrer (now known as SCF Architects) with partners Luis Sierra and Alberto Ferrer. He has remained active in academic and civic affairs. In addition to teaching architectural design at the University of Puerto Rico, Cardona has been a guest lecturer, visiting professor and juror at diverse institutions and universities including North Carolina State University School of Design, The Catholic University of America, The Contemporary Museum of Art in Puerto Rico, The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture. He is also a past president of the Puerto Rican Architects Association or Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico (CAAPPR). In 2001, Cardona became a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Puerto Rico, and was President of the Board from 2004 to 2007. An architectural monograph covering thirty-five years of his work was published in 2008. In 2013, Cardona won a competition to rebuild the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In 2017, he participated in the UIA World Architects Congress in Seoul and received the Public Space Award for his design of the Paseo Puerta de Tierra, a promenade that connects two important tourist destinations in Puerto Rico.
Honors
HENRY KLUMB AWARD of the Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico, 1992 FELLOW of the American Institute of Architects, Washington DC, USA, 2006
A selection of recent projects
Urban Hub at BPPR, San Juan (2018) Universal Insurance Client Service Branch at Bayamón (2018) Plaza Popular at BPPR, San Juan (2017) Paseo Puerta de Tierra, San Juan (2017) Universal Insurance Client Service Branch at Canóvanas (2013) Lofthaus, San Juan (2013) Reconstruction of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince, Haiti [unbuilt] (2012) Library of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, San Juan (2011) BPPR Popular Center Expansion, Phase II, San Juan (2011) ( BAQ 2010) Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture, Forteza Historic Building, Ponce (2010) Universal Insurance Client Service Branch at Caguas (2009)