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Both Copley Mall and Newbury Street may be large commercial shopping centers open to the public, but that is where their similarities end. Copley Mall is a mazelike network of hallways and escalators. For the most part, it is dark and close; visitors…

While visiting the Copley Place shopping mall, what initially struck me was the ways in which the physical design of the mall affected my experience of the space. Several aspects of the materials and design of the storefronts make the interior of the…

My sketch was done as if I was a cartography making a map of the city. My focus was not on how individual buildings appeared but rather how locations related to each other spatially. After finishing my sketch, I took a look at an actual map to find a…

Visiting Copley Place/Prudential Center and Newbury street consecutively, one is struck by differential effects resulting from the use of outdoor/indoor elements in each: Copley Place/Prudential Center makes use of immense natural light, shining in…

For my first drawing of the Copley Mall area, I was interested in the boundaries of public and retail space. The main feature that has stood out to me from my trip to that area has been the bridges connecting different buildings. I thought it was…

While Newbury st and the Copley and prudential malls are very close geographically, they represent very different shopping experiences.
Copley malls and the prudential center represent a standard mall experience. The physical design involves lots of…

I am confident I know the purpose of Newbury St as of today: it is a shopping district, targeted toward affluent people. But it was not its only use historically—I walked by the old American Academy of Arts and Sciences building dedicated to…

At all three of these commercial spaces, you can see people walking, talking, sipping drinks, sitting on benches, and browsing their phones. The Copley Place and Prudential Center malls, being indoors, both produce a feeling of “entering” as you step…

To sketch Copley Place/Prudential Center Malls and Newbury St., I first stopped by Newbury St. since it was earlier in the morning and the shops at the mall were not open yet. At Newbury St., it was extremely easy to navigate to, just one block away…

The Prudential Center: Spatial Consumerism

I must admit that I was struck by how similar everything was in the Prudential Center/Copley Place. I understand that shopping malls are meant to be a cohesive conglomerate of boutiques, but, when…