Cross-Disciplinary design practice that considers an holistic approach to complex design relationships is essential to successful projects in the constructed world that we inhabit. As part of our educational mission at SCE, we believe that forming curricula that teaches students the roots of unique disciplinary skills through a supportive, empathetic and collaborative design process that includes multiple cognate disciplines is critical to ensure that their future professional work embodies these traits.

The Allied Studio, a cross-disciplinary design studio that mixes graduate students from Architecture, Interior Design and Lighting Design, every fall term identifies an actual client and site within New York City for students to analyze and propose new design interventions. This year the class worked with the Harlem School of the Arts; a rich cultural center and significant community anchor that offers classes in dance, theater, visual arts and music for students ranging in age from toddlers to early adulthood.

Here is a link to an incredible list of scholarships, grants, and other opportunities. Scholarships Thank you Jill!

New York Magazine features one of Parsons’ Architectural Design Faculty

Katherine Chia and Arjun Desai profiled in Residential Architect May/June 2011

Exploring the Impact of African Visual Culture on Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design around the World

Urban Omnibus, a project website of the Architectural League of New York, featured the Parsons SCE Fall 2009 Integrated Studio in its January 20, 2010 posting in a piece called: Parsons Integrated Studio: the 79th Street Boat Basin.

(All Photos by Michael Moran)Visit the Design Workshop Page :The 2009 Design Workshop undertook the complete renovation and transformation of the design studios of the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons The New School for Design. This work entailed rethinking the nature of the design studio in the 21st century …

Parsons has been chosen to advance towards stage 2 of the Solar Decathlon, a nation wide student competition.

In August 2009, Matthew Tanteri was the IALD’s USA delegate to “Latin American Lighting Forum II,” a global lighting conference held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. At the request of the Association of Brazilian Architectural Lighting Designers, Tanteri spoke on “How to Achieve Good Lighting Design While Being ‘Green’” and “How …