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
Namra Khalid, Parsons SCE Alumni – Winner of The World Around Young Climate Prize
The World Around is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to making the best ideas in architecture accessible to all. Its Young Climate Prize aims to amplify and accelerate the impact of projects for climate resilience by pairing 25 young climate leaders under 25 years old with their own mentor from the …
Fabian Malmhagen, an MFA Industrial Design student has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Green Good Design award for his piece: Last Chance.
Fabian Malmhagen, an MFA Industrial Design student has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Green Good Design award for his piece: Last Chance. Last Chance is about directing materials away from the landfill and creating furniture from them. It is about hindering the use of any virgin materials as much …
Faculty News
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 …
Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton wins Women in Architecture award from Architectural Record
Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA is a 2023 recipient Women in Architecture Award and was honored Friday, October 27, 2023. Dr. Sutton is a distinguished visiting professor at Parsons School of Design. Architectural Record’s 10th Annual Women in Architecture Forum and Awards program to recognize and promote women’s design leadership. …
School News
Special Projects
Lighting Public Programs
Parsons Lighting Design public programs are an outgrowth of the critical inquiry of various topics in the field and research interests of our students and faculty. Featuring experts from the New York lighting design community and beyond.
Feminism and architecture
Feminism and architecture is an ongoing series organized by Peggy Deamer, Assistant Dean and Professor, Yale School of Architecture, Brian McGrath, Dean of the School of Constructed Environments, Parsons, and Ioanna Theocharopoulou, Assistant Professor, School of Constructed Environments.
Publications
SCE Dean Robert Kirkbride Featured on PBS Documentary “Mysteries of Mental Illness”
PBS Documentary Announcement Mysteries of Mental Illness PBS 4-part documentary series June 22-23, 2021 On Wednesday, June 23 at 9 pm EST, Dean Robert Kirkbride is featured in Episode 3, “The Rise and Fall of the Asylum,” of a new 4-part PBS documentary series, Mysteries of Mental Illness, premiering …
Book Launch | MFA ID Environmental Design faculty Nina Edwards Anker’s new book Cocoon House launches at Venice Biennale
MFA ID Environmental Design faculty Nina Edwards Anker launches new book at the 2021 Venice Biennale of Architecture Watch the Venice Biennale Book Launch where participants address the Venice Biennale question: “How will we live together” EIGHT BOOKS in Eighty Minuets LIVE on YouTube with Chee Pearlman / TED Moderator, …