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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Interior v.s Exterior

The Prudential Center is a complex that decorates the interior as exterior. Glass ceilings, tropical trees and roof gardens all yield a sense of organic nature within the artificial world. The glass ceiling is especially…

In both Newbury Street and the Prudential Center, the store (commercial space) and the space outside of it are mediated by a storefront. The open, protruding nature of the storefront expose the commercial space to the passersby and display the…

The shopping malls of Copley Place and the Prudential Center are very focused on aesthetics as a part of the experience. The area is bright, clean, and certainly not made of cheap materials. As shown in the sketch, the malls have a definite flow to…

Copley Place/Prudential Center Malls

I think that the physical space and shape of the connecting malls makes the area seem much larger than it actually may be. This is because it is largely just one long hallway that connects through three…

Copley Place was obviously more high-end than the Prudential Center—which was noticeable through the material that was used and the spaciousness and lightness of the interior. The furnishings of Copley place were either white marble for the hallways…