Join The New School for films, lectures and other events in advance of the People’s Climate March on September 21.

In partnership with the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, the U.S. Forest Service, and the NYC Urban Field Station, Parsons SCE is proud to host this public event to explore new approaches to the issue of urban wood reclamation.

Smith Obayawat, President of the Association of Siamese Architects and Founding Principal of the Office of Bangkok Architects, will present recent commercial projects aimed at drawing Bangkok’s residents outside of air-conditioned shopping malls into passively cooled urban spaces.

Thursday, March 6, 2014, 6:00 to 7:00 pm, Tishman Auditorium, The University Center, Room 100, 63 Fifth Avenue

David White and Brooks Atwood each give a talk on Thursday, February 20, 2014 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm in The Glass Corner.

This exhibition explores Kon Wajiro’s (1888-1973) visual observations of material practices in Tokyo after the devastating 1923 Earthquake, particularly drawing from his work Modernologio (kogengaku) and from his surveys of “barracks” (makeshift structures for earthquake recovery).

Today designers are working in a complex and fast changing environment – both socially and professionally. New and exciting modes of practice are developing in response to this change where designers cross disciplinary boundaries and experiment with new processes, business organizations, and fabrication techniques.

Jarrett Walker is one of the most innovative planners and advocates for public transit in North America today. In this engaging lecture, “Abundant Access: Public Transit as an Instrument of Freedom,” Walker leads us beyond some of the distractions that sometimes dominate transit debates, to an understanding of public transit’s core power: to give people freedom.

A Conversation with Alexander von Vegesack
Founder, Vitra Design Museum
Founder and Director, Domaine de Boisbuchet

The Faculty Works in Progress lecture series invites faculty members from the School of Constructed Environments to discuss current projects emerging from their professional practices. Faculty Works in Progress encourages forthright discussions of all aspects of a project, both challenging and successful.