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Janet
Boyko has spent the past eight years working as a planner,
designer and production coordinator for offices specializing in
community revitalization, urban design, and landscape
architecture. She earned her Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
from Virginia Tech in 1995 and is currently completing her
Master's degree in Real Estate Development at Johns
Hopkins University.
Ms. Boyko has been involved
in a wide range of new development and revitalization projects.
Her work has included researching background data and
comparables, generating creative design solutions, assisting with
public forums and reviews, as well as coordinating and producing
final presentations and products. Her project scopes have ranged
from large scale city plans and development feasibility analyses
to detailed design guidelines and construction documents. Ms.
Boyko has worked with public planners, private consultants,
citizens, and students in generating design ideas and solutions.
Currently, Ms. Boyko is
co-authoring Trend Watch 2004, a professional forecast report
compiling the attitudes and concerns of the Washington/Baltimore
region's most prominent real estate development professionals to
identify the issues and forces that will impact the industry over
the next year or so.
Summary
of Professional Experience
Community
Planning and Urban Design – Ms.
Boyko has dealt extensively with the important placemaking issues
of suburban sprawl and urban revitalization in her planning and
design work. She has prepared recommendations for several
suburban areas such as Anne Arundel County, MD including not only
vision plans to guide future growth, but tools such as
performance based design guidelines to achieve the vision. She
has also developed revitalization plans and strategies for urban
communities such as Fairmont, WV and
Cumberland, MD.
Collaboration
with Designers, Citizens, and Specialists in Allied Fields –
Nearly all of Ms. Boyko's planning and design projects have
involved teamwork with citizen groups, economic strategists,
traffic planners, land use attorneys and other players in the
world of development. She has also concentrated on making
connections through her studies in the Real Estate Program at
Johns Hopkins University.
As a co-author of Trend Watch 2004, Ms. Boyko has interviewed
many of the Washington Real Estate Industry's most prominent
professionals to learn their views on the most important issues
and forces facing development today.
Conducting
Background Research and Compiling Information –
One of Ms. Boyko's recent projects, updating
the Parole Growth Management Plan for Anne Arundel
County, required extensive research to put
together specific demographic data and growth projections. County
information was sorely lacking, so the research involved using
data from sources such as other public agencies, libraries, and
the Internet to pull together a complete picture. While at The
Faux Group, Ms. Boyko also developed a digital photographic image
archive of the area's hottest development projects, most
influential historic areas, and significant regional urban design
problems and solutions. This archive is used heavily as a
resource to generate design ideas, illustrate visions to clients,
and set project expectations. Ms. Boyko has found that
researching information such as demographic data, economic
figures, historical facts, and examples of comparable projects is
an essential component to understanding places and what makes
them successful.
Management
of the Production of Involved Written and Visual Products
– Among the many reports Ms. Boyko has
written and produced is a 100-page urban design plan report for
the City of Cumberland, Maryland. She also produced a
comprehensive set of performance based design guidelines for the
Parole Town Center
in Parole, Maryland. She has also produced
detailed construction document sets and illustrative plans. She
is computer literate and adapts readily to new production systems
and the need to pull together pieces from many sources.
Specific
Project Experience
Severn
Village, Severn, MD 2001-2002;
Developed a conceptual design for the
layout and character of a mixed-use village center including
possible development/redevelopment sites, building relationships,
and scale of construction. Prepared a plan highlighting
right-of-way issues. Prepared verbal and graphic design
guidelines for massing, site design, focal areas, streetscape,
access and circulation, parking, architecture, and signage
issues.
Parole
Town Center Design Guidelines, Parole, MD 2000-2002;
Researched, compiled, and wrote
a comprehensive performance based design guideline system to
guide the character of development in this emerging mixed use
town center.
Parole
Growth Management Plan, Parole, MD, 2000-2002;
Researched and compiled background demographic
data from many sources. Constructed a Microsoft Access database
to easily maintain data and smoothly run growth projection
scenarios.
Blob Property, Anne Arundel County, MD
2001-2002; Developed feasibility
recommendations including yield and physical site analyses as
well as conceptual site layout alternatives for a 250 acre parcel
of land in Anne Arundel, County as part of an application for
mixed use zoning to be permitted on the property.
Fairmont
Renaissance Plan, Fairmont, WV 2000; Worked
with economic development specialist to develop a revitalization
plan for Fairmont, West Virginia. Conducted existing conditions,
opportunities, and constraints analysis. Produced a photographic
survey of key areas. Located areas for new development and
redevelopment. Developed recommendations for gateway improvements
and treatments. Created an illustrative vision plan incorporating
both public and private improvement recommendations. Managed
in-house design and production.
Old
Town Bowie
Revitalization Plan, Bowie, MD
1999-2000; Created a physical
improvement revitalization plan for a historic underutilized
commercial district in Bowie, Maryland as
a means of implementing and supporting an accompanying economic
redevelopment strategy.
Odenton
and Severn Small Area
Plans, Anne Arundel County, MD 1999-2000;
Conducted inventory and analysis of small areas including
neighborhoods, connections, barriers, strengths and weaknesses.
Documented comparable areas within the region and created example
solutions for pertinent issues. Developed design guidelines for
retail developments ranging from main street businesses to big
box retailers.
University of
Maryland Science and
Technology Center, Bowie,
MD 1999-2000; Prepared
a written report outlining design and development
recommendations, design principles, potential development
alternatives, phasing, and strategies for attracting high-tech
businesses and residents to a well-located site in Prince
George's County.
Smart Codes Committee Development
Guidelines, State of MD 1999;
Assisted with developing recommended Growth Management
Overlay Zones to direct growth in appropriate areas of the State
of Maryland. Report was presented to the Governor’s council
on Smart Growth.
Cumberland Downtown
Design and Development Plan, Cumberland, MD
1998-1999; Worked with a
committee of City stakeholders to develop a detailed urban design
plan for improvements dealing with image and identity, pedestrian
linkages, traffic, and parking. Produced a 100-page report
detailing the concept for downtown improvements, and breaking
down the plan into 46 individual, manageable projects to be
undertaken by various City entities.
Crofton and
Crownsville Small Area Plans, Anne Arundel County, MD
1998-1999; Assisted with the
development of the small area plans for Crofton and Crownsville.
Developed a process for documenting significant elements of
scenic roadways in order to create a tool for directing future
development along the roadways. Participated in educating the
public about the small area plans at two public forums.
Tysons
Corner Edge City Tour, 1998; Organized and conducted a
specialized tour of Tysons Corner, Virginia for
a group of approximately thirty University students from
Germany.
Ecoville Village
Design, Community Planning, Sao Paulo,
Brazil, 1998; Developed preliminary site plans for medium
density residential villages using AutoCAD. Villages included
approximately 25 single-family homes, 10% dedicated open space,
internal road systems, and a village center.
Ecoville
New Town, Development Planning, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1997;
prepared yield analysis and other development strategy
recommendations for a 1200 acre new town in Brazil.
City
of Cumberland Downtown Signage Plan, Cumberland, MD
2000; Created a sign system
strategy and location plan for approximately 50 marquee,
directional, and parking signs to direct visitors around downtown
Cumberland.
Wilston Redevelopment Area, Streetscape
Design, Arlington, VA 1997; conceptual design for new
public streetscape in a six block neighborhood with mixed income
apartments undergoing renovation and a surplused public school to
be redeveloped into a neighborhood retail center in Fairfax
County, Virginia.
Taylor Circle
Traffic Circle, Urban Design, Annapolis,
MD 1997-1998;
Produced detailed urban design and construction documentation for
a triangular urban park and streetscapes in a two-block area of
Annapolis, Maryland. Worked with a citizen design review
committee.
Ecoville Village
Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1998; Created a conceptual
design for a community shop and party room composed of a series
of indoor and outdoor rooms for a village in the new town of
Ecoville outside of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
West Street
Business District, Streetscape Design, Annapolis, MD
1996-1997; Assisted with the
development of a conceptual streetscape design and vision plan
for a nine-block area of Annapolis, Maryland to
be redeveloped into a regional business district. Developed
prototypical design details for the streetscape including tree
pit treatments, furnishings, gateway markers, and paving
patterns.
National
Zoological Park
Grasslands Exhibit, Washington, DC
1995-1996; Assisted with design
and detailing of Phase I. Produced hardscape and landscape
construction document sets using AutoCAD 13. Prepared commission
submissions and performed consultant coordination.
Hackman
Residence, Springfield, VA 1995;
Created a garden and hardscape design for a private residential
client in Springfield, Virginia.
Cameron Station
Military Base Conversion, Alexandria, VA 1995;
Worked with a team of architecture students to explore
opportunities and constraints for the transformation of an
abandoned military base to a mixed-use development. Provided
observations and design suggestions to the City of Alexandria,
Virginia.
A Typological Study of Edge City Roadways,
Senior Thesis Project, 1995; Developed a system of
elements which combines automobile and pedestrian circulation
with open space in order to establish a framework for future
growth, a legibility of place, and a catalyst for future
development. Through this typology, public infrastructure serves
as an organizational tool, which acts as a backbone and generator
of private development. Tyson’s Corner, Virginia
served as a case study for examining the
possibilities and limitations of the typology. Ms. Boyko received
a student ASLA Honor Award for her work on this project as well
as the Virginia Tech 1995 Stanley Abott Award.
Work
History
The Faux Group,
Inc.
Annapolis, MD
Senior Associate Design/Planner
April 1996-September 2002
Johnson Johnson &
Roy/inc.
Washington, DC
Landscape Architect
August
1995-April 1996
Ford Landscape
Design
Alexandria, VA
Landscape Design Consultant
September 1994-August 1995
Payne’s
Nursery
Newtown, CT
May
1994-August 1994
Awards
& Activites
Co-Author, Trend Watch
2004
Member, Urban Land Institute
Member, American Planning
Association
President, Thomas Jefferson High School for
Science & Technology Alumni Association, 1998-2001
ASLA
Student Honor Award 1995
Stanley Abbott Award for Best Senior
Project 1995
Third Place in Sigma Lambda Alpha Fourth Year
Competition 1994
Member of Sigma Lambda Alpha, landscape
architecture honor society
Education
B.L.A. Virginia Polytechnic
Institute & State University
1995
Washington-Alexandria Architecture
Consortium 1994-95
M.S. Real
Estate Development
Johns Hopkins University (anticipated
graduation May 2004)
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