The site we visited last Friday gives more a feeling of enclosure, compared to the urban rooms seen so far. The sense of enclosing walls given by the buildings around it and the way they are positioned create a really enclosed and secure space that is commonly used by the northeastern students as an exterior living space. During the summer you can see many students reading and studying or just relaxing in the central green space within these buildings. In the winter months the space is less crowded and is mainly used as circulation.
The curvature at the interior corners of the buildings emphasize even more the sense of enclosure within the space. If the space was covered it would resemble a larger scale of a room with 4 entrances.
As you can see in plan there are 4 gateways that connect the outside area of the city to this "interior" space. The gateways are organized orthogonally within 2 axis with 2 gateways facing each other in each of the ends of the axis. The 2 axis meet in the center emphasizing even more the sense of centralized space. These axis extend outside the analyzed area and are major axis within the university campus.
The main axis which starts at the main gateway that has the cylindrical shape on top goes all the way to Ruggles station establishing a visual connection from the street across the campus. (Image Above)
Some interesting details found on site.
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