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SCE Spring Exhibition is Featured in Dezeen
Despite this year’s limitations and abbreviated framework for the much-anticipated Parsons Festival, the SCE Spring 2021 Exhibition has been able to travel, albeit virtually, providing a chance to share and celebrate amazing student work across all disciplines. In addition to NYCxDesign, ArtsThread x Design Pavilion, NY Now and other festival …
Aashna Singh Receives 2021 Brooklyn Architects Scholarship
Congratulations to Aashna Singh, current BFA Architectural student, on becoming one of the recipients of the 2021 Brooklyn Architects Scholarship. Every year, the Brooklyn Architects Scholarship Foundation awards scholarships to deserving architectural students attending an accredited architecture program in New York City. Aashna’s project, Community Music Works, imagines a collaborative, art-driven space …
‘Revealing NYC’ Seminar
TNS’s summer seminar Revealing NYC is pleased to invite you to attend an upcoming lecture on Food and Justice. How, during a crisis, do individuals and communities come together to support and nourish each other? We will hear from the founders of Feed the Frontlines NYC and co-op members from …
SCE Dean Robert Kirkbride Featured on PBS Documentary “Mysteries of Mental Illness”
PBS Documentary Announcement Mysteries of Mental Illness PBS 4-part documentary series June 22-23, 2021 On Wednesday, June 23 at 9 pm EST, Dean Robert Kirkbride is featured in Episode 3, “The Rise and Fall of the Asylum,” of a new 4-part PBS documentary series, Mysteries of Mental Illness, premiering …
Hou de Sousa becomes Design Vanguard winner
Image courtesy Hou de Sousa Congratulations to Joshua de Sousa, Parsons architecture faculty and co-founder of award-winning architectural studio Hou de Sousa, for being selected as one of the 2021 Design Vanguard winners. Each year, Architectural Record selects 10 innovative architectural practices advancing work on form, construction, sustainability, and community …
Abby Meyer Receives 2021 Conscious Design Award
Congratulations to Abby Meyer, 2021 BFA Product Design graduate, on receiving the Conscious Design Award in the Ready to be Implemented category for her capstone project. Every year, WantedDesign honors innovative student work from around the globe that unpacks a broad range of issues, from equity and social justice to …
Book Launch | MFA ID Environmental Design faculty Nina Edwards Anker’s new book Cocoon House launches at Venice Biennale
MFA ID Environmental Design faculty Nina Edwards Anker launches new book at the 2021 Venice Biennale of Architecture Watch the Venice Biennale Book Launch where participants address the Venice Biennale question: “How will we live together” EIGHT BOOKS in Eighty Minuets LIVE on YouTube with Chee Pearlman / TED Moderator, …
MFA ID Faculty Spotlight: Maria Linares Trelles and Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco: Expansions – Biennale di Venezia 2021
Expansions, edited by Hashim Sarkis and Ala Tannir, gathers over 80 responses to the question posed by the Biennale Architettura 2021’s theme – How will we live together? These contributions act as an extension to the different thematics presented by participants in the galleries in Venice. Assembling the voices and …
Podcast with Parsons faculty Victoria Milne
Victoria Milne, Parsons faculty and creative adviser at 6￠ Design, has recently shared thoughts on the importance and value of public space and her experience working with the Times Square Alliance on the creation of The Times Square Design Lab. “When you show respect for the public, when you provide resources, …
Design Talks | The Deans’ Table – Compassionate Leadership: Facing crisis with heart
The Deans’ Table | Compassionate Leadership: Facing crisis with heart ft. Dr. Robert Kirkbride We will remember this period in time for the rest of our lives. We witnessed a global pandemic, national calls for racial reckoning and social justice, and a significant presidential election within a divisive political environment. …