Sofia Shapiro

Sofia Shapiro

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 the fact was how large I had draw certain shopping center areas, like the Garage, relative to Harvard dorm buildings, including ones I had lived in. Since I do not spend a lot of time shopping but do have to pass by those stores, in my map they took up far more space because that’s how it feels when navigating through the shopping areas - like an inconvenient time loss. Perhaps a tourist would have drawn a map with more detail and correctness of the shops as opposed to a busy student going to and from class.