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In my sketches and observations of Newbury Street and the Prudential Center/Copley Mall, I was interested first and foremost in observing patterns of light and its effect on people’s movement and congregation. On my sketches, I tried to indicate…

In this sketch, I attempt to visualize my own path around Harvard by drawing the places I frequent the most. In this sense, my representation of Harvard only takes into account the things that matter to me, leaving out the vast majority of the campus…

This is a sketch of Harvard Yard, where all Harvard undergraduates live during their freshman year. I chose to draw this because it is by far the most familiar part of Harvard to me. Obviously, because I live here (Lionel Hall to be exact), I spend…

The shopping malls of Copley Place and the Prudential Center are very focused on aesthetics as a part of the experience. The area is bright, clean, and certainly not made of cheap materials. As shown in the sketch, the malls have a definite flow to…

My map of Cambridge expectedly captures the area from my unique point of view—specifically from that of a senior undergraduate football playing engineer who lives in a river house. Each of these qualities biases my perception and recall of my…

Compared to the Google Maps image of Harvard’s campus, I think my depiction of Harvard Yard and the River houses is pretty accurate. I couldn't recall several names of streets, and didn’t accurately capture their curvature. However, I knew the…

For my map I started by drawing what to me is Cambridge’s defining feature, the Charles River. From there I added the bridges which I row under every day, and the intersection of JFK and Memorial (the arteries I use to walk to practice). I added Mt.…

These two spaces are vastly different. I take much more enjoyment of shopping on Newbury St than in the Prudential or Copley place shops. On Newbury there are trees lining the brick sidewalks, and there is a level of homogenous architecture of the…

My sketch representation of the Harvard campus differs dramatically as distance from the campus center increases. I began by drawing the Yard and Tercentary Theater meticulously, given that it’s the part of Harvard I am most familiar with, and the…

Standing in the glass walkway between Copley Place and the Prudential Center, I felt like I was encased in a cage of commercialism. Cases containing sample products line the path, signs point to endless, nearly indistinguishable shopping options, and…