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After having finished my sketch, I compared what I drew with some of the Google map renderings and realized a significant difference. Where I decided to notate things so that it was easier for me to draw, google maps shows much more detail. However,…

After a couple of drafts in which I made several buildings (namely, Annenberg, the Mac Gym, and Widener) the center of my sketch, I realized that I was having problems with the proportion of the streets. Afterwards, I came to rely on the streets as…

My map is accurate enough that it could help a tourist get around the included parts of town with little trouble. I commute around campus by bicycle and am very familiar with the road network around Harvard, which would likely make it different from…

When drawing Harvard’s campus (from Quad to athletic facilities) from memory, I mapped out the common Harvard shuttle routes and differentiated the buildings from undergraduate living spaces, classrooms, and businesses. After looking at my colored…

Overall, my map is pretty inaccurate; however, my portrayal of the Harvard Yard and Tercentenary Theatre areas is decent. I think this is because, as a freshman, I spend most of my time around the Yard so that region has become the most meaningful to…

I think that, just from looking at this sketch, it would be pretty obvious to any Harvard student where I live, at least to an extent. I began my sketch starting with my house, Dunster, in the bottom right corner, and planned to work northwest-ward…

Harvard Square is a really interesting place for our first sketch assignment because it’s an area that I spend so much time in on a daily basis, but I have never given much thought to it from a design perspective. Harvard Square is really interesting…

Because this is a path that I walk often, the map wasn't too different from online maps. There were, however, some noticeable distortions and some proportions were off as well. However, my map is different in that the positioning of many of the…

Two major things strike me about the official mapping of Harvard square. First and foremost is the level of detail; every path through the yard, every street and alley, every one of the endless engineering and science labs behind the science center…

Urban design still remains a foreign concept: space, dimensions, structure can easily clutter the mind when drawing our fondest roads from memory. Despite the initial hesitation and frequent erasure marks, I believe the product that came out captured…