Retrospecta 47
2024
In collaboration with Kate Johnson
Retrospecta is the annual journal of student work at the Yale School of Architecture. Each year, Retrospecta catalogs exceptional student work and captures what distinguishes an education at the School of Architecture. Much of what makes Yale unique stems from the varied experiences within its academic structure. To reflect this layered experience—where studios, seminars, and day-to-day life occur simultaneously—Retrospecta 47 is structured in an alternating sequence, a weaving of sorts. Between the ordered strings of studios and seminars are the loose threads: a broader context which, month by month, charts the confluence of lectures, events, discussions, and celebrations that color Rudolph Hall.
The illustrations in this book—inspired by weaving drafts—are drawn from the plaster casts found in Rudolph Hall.