The start of the site collage

So I've officially chosen a site along the edge of Quincy Street.  On one side of the street is a series of formal gates into Harvard quads.  The gates and adjoining fence create a sort of wall between the traditional campus spaces and the street, and even the other side of the street.  The gates act as both a way to keep you out and a way to create a grand entrance.  They are transition spaces.  When next to the fence, you can see in, but you aren't actually inside.  The site then has to deal with the different spaces on either side. 



diagram looking at pedestrian circulation and the street




diagram looking at the gates as entranceways to multiple places




one side of the street is higher until the fence and the gates act as ramps between the two layers of the site

 So far I don't think I've found a good way to really express how the gates transition and how the two sides of the gates are different.  I think looking at the two sides on different layers is a good place to start, but there it needs to do something more.