Mission of SCE
Encompassing a unique confluence of design disciplines, the School of Constructed Environments nurtures and guides tomorrow’s leaders in socially and environmentally sustainable, technologically innovative buildings, interiors, lighting, and products. In a time of unprecedented change, we foster the skills, values, and vision vital to creative thinking and the realization of a more integrated, equitable and delightful world.
Student and Alumni News
MFA Industrial Design Students Win NYCxDesign Awards for Innovative, Sustainable Projects
The MFA in Industrial Design at Parsons School of Design gives students the opportunity to explore making in a variety of contexts, develop critical thinking skills, and integrate ideas about sustainability, consumerism, production, and more into their practice. Recently, three students from the program were awarded NYCxDesign Student Awards for …
Nicholas Byrne, MFA Lighting Design ’23, Co-Founder of recycleReality Awarded Two OBIE Awards as 2022 “Breakthrough Artist”
Parsons-founded creative technology studio, recycleReality, just won two OBIE Awards as part of the 2022 “Breakthrough Artist” ad campaign with Amazon Music and Overall Murals. The campaign won the OBIE Craft Award for Best Illustration and a Silver OBIE Award in the Billboards category. These awards are presented annually by …
Faculty News
SPCS Talks vol.6 Ecological Urban Design With Brian McGrath and Danai Thaitakoo
Against the backdrop of climate change, including an increase in guerrilla downpours and rising urban temperatures, there is a growing movement in the fields of urban design and architecture to seek forms of coexistence with ecosystems. We will invite Brian McGrath and Danai Thaitakoo to this event from New …
Craig Bernecker Chosen to be President of the U.S. National Committee of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) for 2023-2027; represented U.S. at Quadrennial Conference of the CIE
Director of the MFA Lighting Design Program, Craig Bernecker, was chosen to be President of the U.S. National Committee of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) for 2023-2027. In addition to his elected seat as President of the U.S. CIE, Bernecker went on to represent the U.S. at Quadrennial Conference …
School News
Unmaking, Making, Remaking. Parsons MFA of Industrial Design class of 2023.
Students from the MFA Industrial Design, 2023 Graduating class presented Thesis projects at Ludlow/SOMMwhere as part of NYCxDesign during the NYC design week.
MFA Industrial Design Students Win NYCxDesign Awards for Innovative, Sustainable Projects
The MFA in Industrial Design at Parsons School of Design gives students the opportunity to explore making in a variety of contexts, develop critical thinking skills, and integrate ideas about sustainability, consumerism, production, and more into their practice. Recently, three students from the program were awarded NYCxDesign Student Awards for …
Special Projects
AIL Awards
The Lighting Design program was the 2009 host to the annual Architectural Lighting Magazine’s International Light and Architecture Design Awards.
Empowerhouse
EMPOWERHOUSE is a community-based approach to sustainable urban development showcasing the design of two affordable solar powered homes and a neighborhood learning garden. Students from The New School and Stevens Institute of Technology came together to compete in the Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon.
Publications
Parsons School of Design Ranked Among Top 15 Best Bachelor’s in Interior Design
Parsons School of Design Ranked Among Top 15 Best Bachelor’s in Interior Design November 9, 2021 – Parsons School of Design (The New School) has been ranked among the top 15 best bachelor’s in interior design degree programs for 2022 by CollegeRank. The ranking was recently published on the organization’s …
BFA ID Director Yu Nong Khew featured in September/October issue of i+D
BFA ID Director and Parsons SCE featured in in September/October issue of i+D The New School has long been known as a champion of social justice and climate, according to Yu Nong Khew, director of the BFA Interior Design program and assistant professor of interior design at Parsons School …