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.
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Senior Architecture & Urban Design Studio in Chiangmai, Thailand
From January 6 to 14th, twelve Parsons Architectural Design and Urban Design students and ten students from the International Design and Architecture program at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok participated in an international workshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The theme of the workshop, #watchingthericegrow grew out of SCE Professor Brian McGrath’s …
How many ghosts can haunt a building at once?
Over the past several months, Dean Robert Kirkbride has been considering this question through a series of lectures, interviews and award-winning writing. When the building at question is one of the 34 remaining Kirkbride Hospitals for the Insane, which share the tragic legacy of a very real, very troubled past, …