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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…

This is a birds eye view of the area surrounding the MAC Quad. I chose this area because I live in Kirkland and I am very familiar with this area and knew I would be able to reproduce it well from memory. The scale may be slightly off and I do not…

I chose to look at the comparative pattern of kinds of stores (retail vs. service vs. food) versus the presence of public spaces in each kind of shopping district. On Newbury Street, the stores were much more equally divided between food and retail,…

Looking at a map after attempting to sketch Harvard, I realize that Cambridge is not at all the grid system I ended up drawing. Trying to visualize Cambridge in my mind led to a very organized structure, but looking at a map shows all the curves and…

As a resident of Adams House, which is right next to the yard, without thinking too much about the scale of my drawing, I ended up focusing pretty narrowly on the aspects of Harvard Square that I visit regularly. What was very surprising to me after…

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…

My sketch focuses on providing functional information to the viewers as I believe the essence of urban design is to serve diverse needs of the population. To highlight this idea, I specifically marked commercial stores and building functions around…

Prudential (and Copley, to a lesser degree) attempts to replicate the experience of outdoor shopping/leisure—but in a sheltered environment. Prudential lets in a LOT of light. There is a preponderance of indoor greenery, ironically concentrated in…

As it turns out, my map is pretty inaccurate, but the relative location of each school is more or less correct. The most obvious inaccuracy is in the intricacies of all of the roads that connect Harvard Square. The most accurate part of my map with…