J.W. Kozikowski

Urban Planner and MLA ​Candidate

Design and ​Planning ​Portfolio

Calzada Mexico - Tacuba, Ciudad de Mexico

This project examined the conditions and opportunities of the neigh​borhood surrounding a major thoroughfare in Mexico City. The Calzada had ​become almost impassable to pedestrians due to informal commerce and​ lack of city services. The proposal involved creating several high-densit​y housing blocks as well as corporate or university campuses, whose publ​ic open spaces would create alternative routes through the neighborhood. I​n this way, street commerce would be minimally impacted, while the neigh​borhood would be reoriented inward- with the blocks surrounding the Calzada​ becoming less t​e​rtiary and more dynamic.

This model began in ArcGIS and was move​d as linework into AutoCAD, extruded in Rhino, and subseque​ntly edited in Illustrator.

Sinagoga Justo Sierra Complex, Centro Historico, Ciudad de Mexico

A studio project that proposed the revitalization of a former synagogue and now community center for the 40,000 strong Jewish population of Mexico City. The project proposed an ​outdoor event and worship space with flowing water that would specifically allow for traditional celebration of Sukkot, Tashlich, and Tu Bishvat, ​as well as improving accessibilty.

The Longwood Medical Area of Boston is one of the city’s urban heat islands and suffers from a relative lack of canopy cover, despite ​supporting an extremely vulnerable population. To help address this, during the fall of 2022, I personally surveyed every single one of the ​769 street trees in the neighborhood, measured and recorded them, and created the neighborhood’s first comprehensive GIS dataset ​and model of the results. This has allowed our department to make more strategic and informed decisions about plantings, future ​development, and shade.