2002 Fellow: William McDonough

Mr. McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, an internationally recognized design firm practicing ecologically, socially, and economically intelligent architecture and planning in the U.S. and abroad. He is also principal of MBDC, a product and systems development firm assisting prominent client companies in designing profitable and environmentally intelligent solutions.He is also principal of MBDC, a product and systems development firm assisting prominent client companies in designing profitable and environmentally intelligent solutions. Mr. McDonough’s leadership in sustainable development is recognized widely, both in the U.S. and internationally, and he has written and lectured extensively on his design philosophy and practice. He was commissioned in 1991 to write The Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability as guidelines for the City of Hannover’s EXPO 2000, and in 1993 to give the Centennial Sermon at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. More recently, Mr. McDonough and Michael Braungart co-authored Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, published in 2002 by North Point Press. Mr. McDonough is also the winner of three U.S. presidential awards for sustainable design.

Fellowship Awards

Parsons Student: Luis Berrios-Negron, Wetlands and Sticky Space

Developed Wetlands and Sticky Space, an ecotone for the Dia Center for the Arts, Beacon, NY. Presented project at the Ecological Design Conference: The Unstoppable Wave, Berkeley, CA.

Parsons Faculty : Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis, Case Study: Villa Girasole by Invernizzi

Extensive research of the technology, landscape, and nature in the Rotating Sunflower of Invernizzi’s Villa Girasole in Vernona, Italy led to a detailed publication and traveling exhibition.

Parsons Faculty: Eric Bunge, Honorable Mention, Archilab Economy of the Earth

Outside Student: Steve Clark, Sustainable Practices in East Africa

Steve interned with the Foundation for Sustainable Development in Tanzania. He focused on the incorporation of sustainable design methodologies and techniques into the environmental and geopolitcal context of East Africa.

Outside Practitioner: Laura Briggs, BRIGGSKNOWLES, NYC, MOVIT

Research project to develop small-scale infrastructural devices that freely feed the power grid.