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A New Pavilion at the East Harlem Community Garden

Parsons School of Constructed Environments teamed up with Union Settlement Association and New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services to build a new pavilion for a community garden on East 104th Street. Under the guidance of Parsons faculty members Nicholas Brinen and Victoria Marshall, 15 graduate students collaboratively designed and …


2017_REVISION THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE ARTS  

Design Workshop takes on the challenge of redesigning and rethinking museum space. Nine graduate students from Parsons School of Constructed Environments has been working diligently over the summer to create a more easy flowing and exciting lobby and lounge area for The Children’s Museum of the Arts in Tribeca, Lower Manhattan. …


BFA ID students have been announced as two of the thirteen winners of the Angelo Donghia Foundation 2017 Scholars

“Anne-Sophie Granger and Jesse Cermak, BFA Interior Design students have been announced as two of the thirteen winners of the Angelo Donghia Foundation 2017 Student Scholarship Program in Interior Design. Their work was selected out of a pool of 69 student projects from accredited interior design institutions across the country. …


Affordable Housing in the Age of Trump

Affordable Housing in the Age of Trump – New York architect, Andrew Bernheimer, once a luxury condo designer, has embraced the challenge of building affordable housing. The current administration is about to make his job even harder. But over the past decade or two, good, thoughtful architects have become passionate about …


IDSA STUDENT MEMBER HELPS UNVEIL NEW WEARABLES AT SXSW

In March 2017 at SXSW Interactive in Austin, TX, Tim Ronco, S/IDSA, was among a group of Parsons School of Design students who unveiled new, wearable technology devices and experiences to transform wellness. Göbie and Sleepwise were designed by students from Parsons MFA Industrial Design, MFA Design and Technology and BBA Strategic Design and Management programs, along with members of Game Changer Catapult—which …


Lunch + Learn_ECOVATIVE_ WEDNESDAY, March 15th

WE LUNCH + LEARN FROM 11:00 – 12:00! Donghia healthier Materials Library and the Healthy Materials Lab present the seventh in our series of Lunch + Learns with Ecovative Ecovative is a leading biomaterials company growing high performance, premium, award-winning products that are safe, healthy, and certified sustainable. Since 2007 the New York based company manufactures, and markets low embodied energy, compostable, …


Donghia healthier Materials Library and the Healthier Materials Lab at Parsons present their fifth Lunch + Learn with Libeco Linen, Belgian linen

Lunch + Learn IV – Join us February 15th in the Donghia Gallery from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Donghia healthier Materials Library and the Healthier Materials Lab at Parsons present their fifth Lunch + Learn with Libeco Linen, Belgian linen   Libeco Linen is based in Meulebeke, Belgium – a small village – between Bruges and the French …


MFA Industrial Design Students Win “Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge!”

MFA Industrial Design Students Win “Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge!” We congratulate 2nd year MFA Industrial Design students Ari Elefterin and Matt Callahan for their “Leave No Trace Leaf Knife” in the  “Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge!” Projects were created in the course entitled Life Cycle Analysis in which students entered the …


Spring 2017 SCE Public Programs

The School of Constructed Environments is excited to relaunch the Spring 2017 SCE Public Programs! Please come and check out all of our Public Programs. All programs are open to students, faculty, alumni, and also open to the public.  


ARCHITECT d.b.a. BOOK LAUNCH PARTY – AIANY Global Dialogues – Thursday, DECEMBER 15th

Join us to celebrate the launch of Architect d.b.a., the first publication of its kind made possible through the AIANY Committee Excellence Grant awarded to the AIANY Global Dialogues! Edited by: Hana Kassem, AIA, Director at KPF and Dan Gallagher, AIA , Principal at NADAAA Parsons faculty members featured: Alex Schweder, Alfred Zollinger, and Quilian Riano WHEN:  Thursday, December …