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
A Conversation with Actor + Director Daniel Wu
A Conversation with Actor + Director Daniel Wu: What I Learned in Design School On October 28, the Interior Design program at Parsons School of Constructed Environments hosted an online discussion with actor, director, and producer Daniel Wu about how studying architecture influenced his career in film. Daniel has 78 …
SCE Graduates Shortlisted in ARTSTHREAD Global Design Graduate Show 2021
Twenty-one recent Parsons graduates—eight of whom came from SCE—have been shortlisted by a panel of industry experts for the Global Design Graduate Show 2021, the second edition of ARTSTHREAD x GUCCI’s design showcase for emerging creatives. This initiative was open to all art and design students graduating in the year …
Faculty News
Assistant Professor of Interiors, Objects and Technology, Michele Gorman, interviewed for Dazed report on the shifting definitions of home
Dazed conducted a report to find out how young people interpret the concept of home. Assistant Professor of Interiors, Objects and Technology, Michele Gorman, was interviewed to expand how the definitions of home are shifting due to the climate crisis, social inequities, and the pandemic. Click here to read the …
MAYOR’S OFFICE OF CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SELECTS INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TEAM LED BY THE NEW SCHOOL TO STUDY CLIMATE VULNERABILITY, IMPACT AND ADAPTATION IN NEW YORK CITY
Partners from Academic Institutions, NGOs, and Private Sector to Work with NYC’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services and the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice to develop data and analysis on future climate conditions and the socio-economic impacts of climate risks New York, September 8, 2022—A team of interdisciplinary …
School News
Special Projects
Publications
Scapes 8
The eighth edition of the SCE Journal Scapes is now available, featuring design projects, essays, interviews and reviews on the theme of small scale urban design projects.
As It Is On Earth, a novel by Peter Wheelwright, published by the Fomite Press
As It Is On Earth is set in New England over seven days leading up to Columbus Day at the end of the Millennium, 1999. Narrated by Taylor Thatcher, an irreverent young university professor from a fallen family of Maine Puritans, the story follows his ruminative quest and errant attempts to escape from history.