Mission of SCE


Encompassing a unique confluence of design disciplines, the School of Constructed Environments nurtures and guides tomorrow’s leaders in socially and environmentally sustainable, technologically innovative buildings, interiors, lighting, and products. In a time of unprecedented change, we foster the skills, values, and vision vital to creative thinking and the realization of a more integrated, equitable and delightful world.

  Student and Alumni News

Parsons Lighting Students Win IESNYC Student Competition

Parsons first year lighting students Anirudh Anand, Priyanka Shah and Aarohi Mittal win Grand Prize for their project “Beyond the Veil” and Wan-Chien (Shelly) Lin won Honorable Mention for “Bio-Shimmer”. “Beyond the Veil” celebrates and laments the fleeting moments of interaction that we all share with millions of other city …

Announcing the Class of 2023 Metropolis Future100 Honorees

Each year, Metropolis sets out to designate the top graduating architecture and interior design students in the United States and Canada. The program, sponsored by Armstrong, Daltile, Formica, Interface, Kawneer, Keilhauer, Sherwin-Williams, and Yabu Pushelberg, invited the most talented students from the class of 2023 to apply. “Supporting the next …



  Faculty News

Parsons Interior Design Faculty Represented at the IDEC 2023 East Regional Conference

The School of Constructed Environments would like to highlight two of our esteemed Interior Design faculty members here at Parsons, Adeboyega Adefope, AAS ID Director & Assistant Professor of Interiors, Objects, and Technology and Nadia Elrokhsy, Associate Professor of Ecological Design, who both presented at the IDEC 2023 East Regional …

Designing Change – Virtual Panel Discussion

SCE Faculty Rama Chorpash is participating in a Virtual Panel Discussion called Designing Change at the Museum of Vancouver as part of the Why I Design series. MOV is hosting this online panel inspired by the provocative messages and design elements of Tobias Wong’s art – featured artist in the All We Want …



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  Publications

AAS Interior Design Publication: Work 9

  The AAS Interior Design program is pleased to announce the publication of the ninth edition of Work, the series that showcases projects by students, featured faculty and alumni, as well as scholarly articles by SCE faculty. Work 9 celebrates “Just Spaces.” Prof. Johanne Woodcock, Director of the AAS Interior …

Congratulations David Lewis on the release of Manual of Section

  Congratulations David Lewis on the release of Manual of Section Please find attached Lewis’s press release and the sample pages/cover image for the book Manual of Section. Manual of Section is now available in stores. For more information on the Lewis and his new release, check out the link below! …



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