Todd Preston

Todd Preston

My sketch includes a map of the Undergraduate campus at Harvard University, noting major roads and sidewalks that travel throughout the campus. An important note about my sketch is that it does not include all sidewalks, but rather the most congested sidewalks that can be found in Harvard Yard and throughout the Athletic fields. Additionally, the running trail along the river is another sidewalk that is heavily used and I found it was very important to include in my map. Roads are marked with arrows in order to indicate the direction of travel since most roads in the town of Cambridge are one-ways with an occasional two-way street.

Scale plays an important role in my sketch because the building, roads, and sidewalks are not all drawn to scale. It is also important to note that the scale tends to vary between the different “main parts” of campus, including the River Housing, Harvard Yard, the Quad and the Athletic fields. Most of the blank space that surrounds the map is less detailed than the rest because I am very unfamiliar with the territory and felt it was best to leave it blank. As a Senior who is an athlete, I am very familiar with the Athletic fields but as a resident of Dunster, I have never been to the quad and am very unfamiliar with the layout of the Quad’s campus.

On a related note to scale, there is an issue with spacing between buildings and sidewalks/roads. Although some buildings are nearly touching the road/sidewalk, it was important to draw them as separate lines and the spacing allowed me to provide a more detailed rendering of the areas and allowed me to provide insight including the direction of travel.