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My ability to reproduce Harvard Square from memory was greatly shaped by my limited area of daily access. I live in Dunster House, which is on the eastern-most side of campus and all my classes are on Quincy Street. I rarely head north or west, even…

I am very surprised by how difficult it was for me to do this sketch. I have always had a terrible sense of direction and no artistic ability, but I have now realized how terrible my memory is as well. I could not remember any street names or true…

The general layout of the map I drew is very similar to the official university map, with buildings appropriately located relative to each other. The level of detail for different areas are very apparent though. The areas with the greatest detail…

My map was focused on me and therefore decent for the paths I take most frequently—upperclassmen houses, buildings I have classes in, and stores and restaurants that I visit. I also included certain markers that I use. For instance, on my way to the…

Christopher Chen The most difficult and different part of the sketch was getting the physical shapes, sizes, and relative orientations of the map features correctly. For example, most of the buildings are actually smaller than I expected. I am pretty…

My map is quite accurate with regards to the buildings of the Yard, and relatively accurate with respect to the river house area of campus. However, it fell fall short of proportions on the location of the Quad. I was not familiar with the path to…

Now comparing my sketch to an online map, I think I did well in my sense of direction and orientation of Harvard Square—the general layout of important landscapes such as the River, the Quad, the Yard, the commercial Harvard Square and the Graduate…

The experience of drawing something by memory was incredibly fun. I realized as soon as I began my drawing what areas of the square mattered most to me by how well I remembered them. I'm an athlete concentrating in biology who lives in Dunster. While…