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In my sketches, I sought to portray and accentuate the contrasts between Copley Place, the Prudential Center, and Newbury Street in terms of their roles as public spaces. I chose to create a schematic map of Copley Place to emphasize its…

Although Newbury Street and Copley Center/Prudential Mall are very different shopping settings, they surprisingly share very similar characteristics. Copley Center and the Prudential Mall are indoor shopping malls with an emphasis on open space and…

The primary difference I noticed between the indoor mall organization and the design of Newberry Street was the manner in which merchandise was featured from the windows. Throughout the malls, storefront displays appeared in windows that were much…

The Prudential Center: Spatial Consumerism

I must admit that I was struck by how similar everything was in the Prudential Center/Copley Place. I understand that shopping malls are meant to be a cohesive conglomerate of boutiques, but, when…

To sketch Copley Place/Prudential Center Malls and Newbury St., I first stopped by Newbury St. since it was earlier in the morning and the shops at the mall were not open yet. At Newbury St., it was extremely easy to navigate to, just one block away…

At all three of these commercial spaces, you can see people walking, talking, sipping drinks, sitting on benches, and browsing their phones. The Copley Place and Prudential Center malls, being indoors, both produce a feeling of “entering” as you step…

I am confident I know the purpose of Newbury St as of today: it is a shopping district, targeted toward affluent people. But it was not its only use historically—I walked by the old American Academy of Arts and Sciences building dedicated to…

While Newbury st and the Copley and prudential malls are very close geographically, they represent very different shopping experiences.
Copley malls and the prudential center represent a standard mall experience. The physical design involves lots of…

For my first drawing of the Copley Mall area, I was interested in the boundaries of public and retail space. The main feature that has stood out to me from my trip to that area has been the bridges connecting different buildings. I thought it was…

Visiting Copley Place/Prudential Center and Newbury street consecutively, one is struck by differential effects resulting from the use of outdoor/indoor elements in each: Copley Place/Prudential Center makes use of immense natural light, shining in…