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

SCE Students and Faculty featured at IDEC Annual Conference 2022

2022 Virtual Annual Conference Reconnect + Recalibrate March 1-4   This year’s conference is an opportunity for interior design educators, students and stakeholders to reconnect, share scholarship, learn about new teaching practices, forge industry partnerships, and explore opportunities for collaboration. The 2022 conference seeks to foreground our individual and collective …

Parsons School of Design Ranked Among Top 15 Best Bachelor’s in Interior Design

Parsons School of Design Ranked Among Top 15 Best Bachelor’s in Interior Design November 9, 2021 – Parsons School of Design (The New School) has been ranked among the top 15 best bachelor’s in interior design degree programs for 2022 by CollegeRank. The ranking was recently published on the organization’s …



  Faculty News

David Gissen: The Architecture of Disability

  David Gissen is a professor of Architecture and Urban History at Parsons School of Design. He is a New York based author, designer, and educator working in the fields of architecture, landscape, and urban design. This year, David taught the Masters of Architecture option studio, “The One-Story City,” and …

Evan Shieh Wins AIAS/ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award

All of Parsons School of Constructed Environments would like to give a hearty congratulations to our very own Evan Shieh. He is an architect, urbanist, and educator who teaches at New York Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design. Evan Shieh joined Parsons as an Adjunct-Faculty member in the fall …



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School of Constructed Environments Faculty Create Architectural Fairy Tales

Last December, the Design Observer blog featured a series of architectural fairy tales designed by Parsons SCE faculty members Andrew Bernheimer, Jing Liu, Emily Abruzzo, and Gerald Bodziak.

Peter Wheelwright’s As It Is On Earth selected as a Hemingway/PEN Award Honorable Mention

Associate Professor of Architecture, Peter Wheelwright, released a work of fiction that has been selected as a Hemingway/PEN Award Honorable Mention. The novel, As It Is On Earth, tells the story of a college professor, struggling to come to terms with his family’s difficult past.



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