Faculty News
BFA PD Senior Susannah Weaver Won the RADO Star Prize
Our very own BFA PD senior Susannah Weaver WON the juries selection for the RADO star prize! It was for her “felted concrete” stool, which is an evolution of a project she did in studio with Daniel Michalik and Christian Swafford in Fall 2017. Weaver also works in the Healthy …
BFA Product and MFA Industrial Design faculty Tucker Viemeister featured in NYTimes
Photo Courtesy: Smart Design BFA Product and MFA Industrial Design faculty Tucker Viemeister was featured in NYTimes article around gadgets and cooking. “To an industrial designer, the universe of possible kitchen tools is infinite. Very few objects would not benefit from a good rethinking, said Tucker Viemeister, a founder of …
MFA Industrial Design Student on The New York Times
Not limited to the School of Fashion, reducing waste in fashion is also one of the topics that SCE faculty and students have been exploring. They look at various ways to utilize unsold or worn fabric into useful furnishings. Shanya Lewis, a graduate student in industrial design, partnered with The New …
ICE BOX CHALLENGE NYC KICK-OFF
Architecture instructor, Andreas Benzing and his firm New York Passive House are part of the #IceBoxChallenge Challenge Details & Description Date & Time: April 21st to May 23rd Venue: 40th Street & Broadway An experiment in high-performance building design and construction The #IceBoxChallengeNYC is a contest and a public science experiment to demonstrate …
New Practices New York Exhibition
MABU, Unbuilding Long Branch, New Jersey. Image: MABU New Practices New York Exhibition SCE faculty Matt Burgermaster has recent work featured in the upcoming exhibition New Practices New York 2018 at the AIA’s Center for Architecture. This exhibition presents the projects, ideas, and influences of the winners of the 2018 New Practices New …
On (Black) Architecture
SCE M.Arch Director, Mark Gardner, was interviewed by Dwell Magazine along with Zena Howard, Phil Freelon, and Melvin Mitchell on the topic of (black) architecture. Excerpt: “Architecture is one of the whitest jobs in America. Set against this background, black architecture—from the most epistemological understanding, architecture that is conceived and put …
Parsons Named the Best Art and Design School in the Country in 2018
QS World University Rankings named Parsons number 1 on its list of best art and design schools in the U.S., and number 2 on its list of best art and design schools in the world. The rankings highlight the world’s top universities in 46 individual subjects, based on academic …
Leven and Bernheimer Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
The 2018 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated Professors David Leven and Andrew Bernheimer to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the architecture profession. Congratulations, David and Andy! For more information, please visit …
SCE Faculty Eva Perez de Vega presents at 2018 ACSA Conference
Sketches of the evolution of artwork display spaces. Black box evolution sketches. Part-time faculty Eva Perez de Vega will be presenting at the 2018 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in Denver. Her full paper titled, “The Body of Architecture and Its Image,” can be accessed here. …
Publicness and Design Activism in China
Parsons School of Constructed Environments Architecture Program co-hosted an Academic Salon with China’s Urbanism and Architecture magazine. The event was structured by three conversations, the first between Professor TANG Keyang, Southern University of Science and Technology and CHEN Yulin, Associate Professor Tsinghua University, the second conversation included 6 PhD …