Claudia Laurie

Claudia Laurie

My sketch was based on a diagram relating to major landmarks and centralities and how they relate to each other. I found myself starting to draw the landmarks that meant the most to me at my earliest days art Harvard, such as by drawing Harvard Yard and marking John Harvard statue as that was a frequent meeting point freshman year. I then expanded the map to important buildings I have had classes in, such as the GSD and Science Center. When I noted areas north-west of the yard, my drawings were much less accurate as I hardly ever go to the quad and am not that familiar with the western Law-school region. I then moved south, and as I did, closer to where I now currently live, the scale of my diagram increased incredibly to the point where the houses I spend the most amount of time are disproportionately massive in comparison to where I spend time during my earlier years. My diagram doesn't even get to representing the Harvard campus over the bridge as I don't have any strong memories of time over there and therefore the area seems insignificant to me. I was also struck by how my representations of landmarks were all rectangular. I felt that I was struggling to get every building I have spend time in, represented and did not have enough space to do so, especially as the scale became more and more disproportionate.