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Dean Kirkbride to give two lectures on the Kirkbride Hospitals for the Insane
National Building Museum, Washington D.C. Museum exhibit: Architecture of an Asylum: St. Elizabeths 1852-2017 October 26, 2017: Event details Columbia University GSAPP, NY, NY Preservation Lecture Series November 2, 2017: Event details How many ghosts can haunt a building at once? When the building at question is one of …
BFA Product and MFA Industrial Design Students Visited Roche Bobois Showroom
Parsons BFA Product Design and MFA Industrial Design visited Roche Bobois Showroom in New York, and had an opportunity to meet with the Creative Director of Roche Bobois, Nicolas Roche. This is part of the partnered studios between Parsons SCE and Roche Bobois which give students an opportunity to design …
New Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies features Dean Kirkbride’s chapter “Rhetoric and Architecture”
In an age of global media networks and viral communication, rhetoric is once again contagious and communicable. Featuring 60 commissioned chapters by eminent rhetoric scholars from 12 countries, The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies offers students and teachers an accessible but sophisticated one-volume introduction to the multidisciplinary field of rhetorical …
CMRC | Resilient Power Puerto Rico
Resilient Power Puerto Rico was launched in the hours following Hurricane Maria’s devastating strike on the island of Puerto Rico. Building on the model of the CMRC’s successes with the Power Rockaways Resilience project managed by Walter Meyer and Jennifer Bolstad of Parsons SCE, Resilient Power Puerto Rico starts with nimble, …
Archtober 2017!
Archtober is happening the month of October! Click HERE! to check out the schedule and how you can get involved!
Parsons SCE + Roche Bobois to design “Seating for Eating”
Photo by Matt Mathews MFA Industrial Design and BFA Product Design programs are collaborating with the prestigious French furniture design and distribution company, Roche Bobois, in the form of design studios. Students enrolled in the studios will work in teams of two to design innovative prototypes that leverage technology while …
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. …
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference
MFA Industrial Design and BFA Product Design programs enjoyed a strong showing at the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference, called “Design IS Business” in Atlanta from 16 – 20 August. Ariane Elefterin (MFA IDD 2017) presented her thesis research “Being in Touch” at the IDSA Education Symposium “Emergent Pedagogy …
Parsons Graduate Student Awarded AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a 2017–18 Selected Professions Fellowship to Angela DeGeorge of Norwood, MA. She is a master’s candidate in Architecture at Parsons School of Design. “It is both humbling and galvanizing to receive this honor. I have immense gratitude for the AAUW and their …
Fall 2017 Public Programs
SCE is excited to announce that there will be eight 2017 Public Programs. More information on the events along with dates, times & locations can be found HERE at the Parsons Events Calendar. We look forward to having you in attendance!