The zone designated as the Gateway includes an outdoors ‘collector’ space at the corner of Boylston and Dartmouth; and an internet café’, with out door seating near the northwest corner of the ground level. Also included in this zone is a restaurant in the second and third floors. I wanted to study the triple height volume, which includes a sculptural stair, which is centered in the digital store. 
This site section shows the triple height volume facing the store entry, and the restaurant, which includes seating, which overlooks the digital store showroom. From comments I received from the study model, I explored breaking up the Boylston façade by introducing a setback between the gateway and the smart glass panel system. This setback visually marks the entrance to the digital store, and provides opportunity for exterior decks facing Copley Square. These exterior decks are accessible from the restaurant area.
This section shows the undulating glass wall at ground level and the sculptural stair, which links the triple height volume with the single height spaces near the rear of the digital store.
The wall sections simply illustrate materials. Panels made of Puddingstone, and Smart glass.
