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
Lighting Design Student Nayoun Ryu Receives Jules Horton International Student Achievement Award from the Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education
This annual award is given to an international student who is studying lighting design in the United States and has achieved outstanding performance. The award, named after Jules Horton, a pioneering lighting designer who immigrated to the United States from Poland, is intended to support international students in their pursuit …
Lighting Design Student, Nayoun Ryu, Featured in Headhi Lamp Show
Head Hi, a hybrid space dedicated to books, art, design, conversation and coffee near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, is thrilled to announce the artist list and details for the 4th Annual Head Hi Lamp Show. This year’s edition, which will feature over 50 and designers, will be the first in HeadHi’s new 1,400 …
Faculty News
Parsons M.Arch Faculty Eva Perez de Vega presents at the UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen: SUSTAINABLE FUTURES
Eva was part of the Science Track panel focused on the Non-Human, which interrogated how “architects contribute to create an awareness to the needs of non-human actors not only on the level of the discipline´s critical role in urban ecology, but also by including non-human´s subjectivities in the built environment.” …
Parsons Interior Design Faculty Represented at the IDEC 2023 East Regional Conference
The School of Constructed Environments would like to highlight two of our esteemed Interior Design faculty members here at Parsons, Adeboyega Adefope, AAS ID Director & Assistant Professor of Interiors, Objects, and Technology and Nadia Elrokhsy, Associate Professor of Ecological Design, who both presented at the IDEC 2023 East Regional …
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Parsons SCE Street Seats featured in the NYTimes
The Spring 2017 Design Build course, taught by instructors Huy Bui and Carlos Gomez de Llarena, converted the parking space at the corner of 13th Street and Fifth Avenue into a parklet stocked with tables and chairs. The seating area is separated from the street by solar-powered bamboo lattice fence. …
Parsons faculty member, Antonio Di Oronzo featured on the cover of Interior Design Magazine
Congratulations to Parsons faculty member, Antonio Di Oronzo for being featured as the cover story of Interior Design Magazine. Interior Design firm, Bluarch designs Top-Notch Interiors for NYC Club, Spring Place. Di Oronzo helped design and work with NYC’s Spring Place’s sophisticated audience, whom are accustomed to attending fashion shows, movie …