This is a view of the gateway to the back bay fens park. It is an urban to natural portal, where the columns frame the gateway.


This is the Boylston street bridge from Ipswich street. This is the only spot where this bridge is visible because of the turnpike.

This is a sketch of the fens gatehouse that leads to Storrow drive. The gatehouse is far from the edge of the Charles River, but was meant to relate to the footbridge at beacon street in a land-making project.

This is a perspective of the Sam Adams statue looking towards the church. Banded by a wall of trees, which are banded by a wall of brick buildings that come up to about the height of the trunks. Different materials are used for the ground floor plan to guide people from one end of the park to another.

Looking towards the hotel. Here I was practicing the perspective of windows on the facade. The buildings on either side of the street act as walls and frame a picture of the hotel and lead right to it. The hotel has a transparent feel because you can see right to the water. The hotel has layers that step down towards the street and cut outs that lead you through the building.

Here the Quincy Marketplace is on the left and we are looking down the south market. Notice the differences in the brick pattern on the ground. Vegetation and street lights guides your way down the strip. To the right, there are shops that are recessed in the facade or are flushed. The height of that building is shorter than the marketplace but is level with the top floor before the dome. Quincy market is only three floors and steps up in elevation as it moves towards the center, the dome being the highest point and the central focus. This is where seating and stairs are located inside the marketplace.

Looking towards Faneuil Hall Marketplace

This is a view from the city hall steps looking out towards Faneuil Hall. The steps and the city hall building act as walls and a frame for the marketplace. Showing older architecture in the foreground and modern architecture in the background.

Here we tried to capture the open space from the other side of the park. The points of the buildings define the space and form a triangle around the park. Buildings act as walls for the green area.

The main focus here was a greenspace. The buildings are the envelope for the trees that enclose the pedestrian areas. The buildings can be slightly seen through the tree canopy, which is a darker blanket for the park.

Here I tried to capture the curvature of the round building. This building has commercial spaces on the first level and private spaces, like offices, above. Notice the different heights of the surrounding buildings and massings, as well as the different heights of the circulation areas.

Buildings are routed in a round plan as they define the open space. The curvature of the buildings wrap the streets and produce walking areas for pedestrians.

Here I tried to capture the open space of the cemetery. There is a slope moving up to the buildings that enclose the area like a binding wall. The trees are the roof of the area and the shadows from the vegetation define the space through the changes in light.

This is the park street T stop. Here I tried to capture the open space. There is a slope that leads to the entrances of the train. This open area is defined by the building walls and is made up of wide pedestrian pathways and green areas.

Another courtyard within the city is at Trinity church. The courtyard is private, inaccessible and surrounded by a walkway bordered with columns on either side. These columns move one through the space, while continuing to be a serene area. Every other column is different. One can be circular, another square with different types of tops. the entire space is made mostly of stone except for the roof which is paneled dark wood that makes the space seem taller and more open.

As we moved towards Copley square the scale of the buildings are noticed. One can see every building in relation to each other, showing how condensed the city has become.

Across the street from the first Lutheran church is the first church of Boston. This church has a courtyard as well. This courtyard, however, is open to the public and is a series of steps organized in an organic pattern. This is a public space but it is designed in such a way that it seems private. There is also a set-back entrance for the side of the church. This entrance is covered by an overhang that makes the area dark and private. It is not very welcoming like the front of the church, it is also raised above the street level, making it even more secluded.

This is the first Lutheran church of Boston. What is interesting here are the courtyards that are connected to the church. This gated area creates private relaxing space for the people of the church. There are trees and vegetation that grow within the gate, and different parts of the cement are raised and lowered depending on the type of area, wide open and bright, or a small dark space.

This is the beginning of the new development, where the dam used to be. Now it is a gateway to the community. Notice the scale of the buildings in relation to the trees and each other. The two buildings are the bookends for the vegetated area designed specifically for pedestrians. The building to the right has five stories and is slightly taller than the trees that run adjacent to it. The building to the left, however, is over sixteen stories tall and looks over the park. It references the green space with its own roof vegetation.

This is a sketch of the hatch shell. This is a performance space that is not really used when performances are not taking place. Runners run around the paths that go through the hatch area. To the left is the man-made island that rests on the Charles river. In the back ground one can see the church peak and the outline of the bridge. This is a vegetated area where people can block out the noise and busyness of the city and relax.

Bowl of the Esplanade

From this spot we can see across the river to other spots of Boston. The bridge/ train tracks bind one part of the river and the second bridge, mainly for cars, wraps the other side. In the background you can see building tops for miles.

Moving past Louisburg square I noticed a play with light. In the park, that is non-accessible, the area is dark and the sun barely makes it through all of the vegetation. The buildings, however, are given plenty of sunlight. This creates a comfortable atmosphere for people walking by, and for the residents. The cobblestone streets add to this feeling.