SCE Year in Review Pecha Kucha, 15 May 4-6 PM
PART OF PARSONS FESTIVAL 2012: The School of Constructed Environments at Parsons celebrates the year with an informal Pecha Kucha-style presentation of the year’s most important work from its graduate, undergraduate, and associate’s programs, as well as special Project Labs such as the Design Workshop and the Empowerhouse Solar Decathlon …
Flatpack Chair Exhibition opening 5 May 6-8PM: BFA Product Design
PART OF PARSONS FESTIVAL 2012: Parsons’ Product Design Flat-Pack Studio, led by faculty member Mark Bechtel, challenged students to design a piece of furniture that would flat-pack to fit within the dimensions of a UPS box or tube. The project includes the design and construction of a full-scale working furniture …
Piazza Ceramica, Ceramics of Italy Pavilion, unveiled at Coverings 2012, Orlando FL. Designed by BFA Interior Design faculty Eva Perez de Vega
The winning proposal for the Ceramics of Italy Competition is a recognizable, functional and versatile space, achieved by using the design elements organically and making them part of a clear, cohesive architectural thought. The project marries archetypal spatial preoccupations with modern technologies and computational design. The 3,000 square feet rectangular …
X is for An Expert on Bathrooms: Alexander Kira & Peter Greenaway’s 26 Bathrooms. INSIDE (hi)STORIES film screening and talk 27 April, 6:15pm
FILM SCREENING AND TALK Historian Hayden White once noted, “Every discipline [is] constituted by what it forbids its practitioners to do.” In this talk, I adapt White’s statement to argue that disciplines are equally constituted by what they allow practitioners to speak about or how they are allowed to speak. …
Francois Jegou: From the Design of Public Services to the Design of Public Policies, Tuesday April 24
SCE Dean William Morrish will moderate this lecture
Product Design faculty Robert Kirkbride to participate in The Arts of Memory conference, 26-27 April
At the 2012 Interdisciplinary Memory Conference (April 26 and 27), over 60 international scholars will discuss the arts and artifices of memory practices, which from antiquity have informed human actions and artifacts. Lina Bolzoni is the keynote speaker on Friday evening, discussing the magical-hermetic Memory Theatre of Giulio Camillo and …
SCE Dean William Morrish to particpate in Innovative Strategies to Transform Low Income Neighborhoods in Latin America: The Experience of Barrio 31, Buenos Aires
Design and Empowerment Innovative Strategies to Transform Low Income Neighborhoods in Latin America: The Experience of Barrio 31, Buenos Aires by Prof. Arch. Javier Fernández Castro Director “Proyecto Barrio 31” Instituto de la Espacialidad Humana, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, Universidad de Buenos Aires Prof. Arch. Ariel Claudio Misuraca …
SCE Students participate in charrette with Yabu Pushelberg
A group of students from the School of Constructed Environments recently participated in a weekend-long workshop with Glenn Pushelberg and six senior designers from interior design firm Yabu Pushelberg to design the lobby of a Tribeca hotel.