Waste Not: The Social Meaning of Light

SCE presents, Waste Not 2: The Social Meaning of Light, hosted by Craig Brenecker, Associate Professor of Lighting Design, and presented by Toby Cumberbatch, Professor of Electrical Engineering. This talk will discuss some of the technical and social challenges associated with lighting off the electrical grid. Results will be presented from work with a culturally adaptable, …


Sunset Park Pool Pavilions

New pavilions designed and built by SCE Design Workshop conclude first summer in use.


Jordana Maisie Goot Designs Second Feit Store in West Village

Jordana Maisie Goot’s second store for Australian footwear brand Feit has just opened in the West Village. Goot (M. Arch ’15 and MFA Lighting Design ’15) wrapped the interior of the 420 square foot space with complex layers of wood, with perforated areas serving as display space for the artisanal range …


Pressure Cooker Urbanism: Density, Growth, and Gambling in Macau

SDS & SCE present, Pressure Cooker Urbanism: Density, Growth, and Gambling in Macau – Land reclamation in Macau has a long and tortuous history, pressured by political exigencies, economic crises, demographic pressures, and cultural ambitions, giving rise to an erratic series of well-intentioned projects that were all too often cancelled, compromised, or abandoned …


Waste Not: Passive House

SCE presents, Waste Not 1: Passive House, hosted by David White, Assistant Professor of Environmental Technology and Material Sciences, featuring architects, Paul Castrucci, Julie Torres Moskovitz, and Michael Ingui. The Passive House standard, the world’s most stringent energy efficiency standard, first came to the US in 2005. Since then, NYC has become …


Product Design Alumni Team’s SoaPen Design Moves to Final Round in UN Wearables Competition

Team comprised of four Parsons graduates named one of ten finalists in Wearables for Good Competition, sponsored by the United Nations.


Unpacking Diversity: Culture/Representation

A series of events on the the theme of examining (or unpacking) diversity specifically in design related fields.


Peter Wheelwright Reviews Two Novels for Architectural Record

Wheelwright is an architect and an award-winning novelist.


Parsons Students Participate in Urban Zen Project in Haiti

Four Parsons students spent the summer in Haiti, working alongside artisans and designers as part of D.O.T., a collaboration between Parsons, Donna Karan, Urban Zen Foundation, and Haitian artisan and businesswoman Paula Coles.