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
Announcing the 2023 Collab Student Design Competition
Announcing the annual Collab Student Design Competition, inspired by Stephen Burks Dear Colleagues, What does the next generation imagine for the future of design? Every year, university-level design students respond to a unique challenge that affects daily life with the best designs, which are showcased by Collab and the Philadelphia Museum of …
The Global Design Graduate Show 2023 in collaboration with Gucci & Google Arts & Culture has launched and the deadline is August 31st.
Call out! @artsthread’s @globaldesigngraduateshow 2023 in collaboration with @gucci is now accepting submissions from all art and design BA & MA art & design students graduating between September 2022 – August 2023 (Southern hemisphere graduating after September 2022), across any related creative discipline, from anywhere in the world! Visit http://globaldesigngraduateshow.com …
Faculty News
EXD Architecture Featured on WORLD’S GREATEST at Bloomberg TV
EXD ARCHITECTURE, directed by SCE faculty member Victoria Benatar, was recently featured on Bloomberg TV’s World’s Greatest. WHO IS EXD? Based in the ever-changing city of New York, Victoria Benatar and Michelle Cianfaglione founded EXD ARCHITECTURE to use design to analyze dualities in the city, which they translate into ‘layered’ …
Hana Kassem Elevated to the 2024 AIA College of Fellows
SCE faculty member and KPF Principal, Hana Kassem, was one of the 10 architects elevated from AIA’s New York City chapter to Fellowship, and one of only two in the Design category. The 2024 Jury of Fellows for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated 96 new members to its …
School News
Announcing the 2023 Collab Student Design Competition
Announcing the annual Collab Student Design Competition, inspired by Stephen Burks Dear Colleagues, What does the next generation imagine for the future of design? Every year, university-level design students respond to a unique challenge that affects daily life with the best designs, which are showcased by Collab and the Philadelphia Museum of …
The Global Design Graduate Show 2023 in collaboration with Gucci & Google Arts & Culture has launched and the deadline is August 31st.
Call out! @artsthread’s @globaldesigngraduateshow 2023 in collaboration with @gucci is now accepting submissions from all art and design BA & MA art & design students graduating between September 2022 – August 2023 (Southern hemisphere graduating after September 2022), across any related creative discipline, from anywhere in the world! Visit http://globaldesigngraduateshow.com …
Special Projects
Light Years
2015 marked 30 years since the first Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design students graduated from Parsons, the first program of it’s type in the world.
Luminous Talks
Luminous Talks brings together architects, lighting designers, academics, industry leaders and others to discuss innovations and current topics in the lighting design industry.
Publications
MFA Lighting Design Faculty Glenn Shrum discusses Lighting Education on “Get A Grip” Podcast
Associate Professor of Lighting Design Glenn Shrum discussed how to obtain credentials as a lighting designer on Episode 252 of “Get a Grip on Lighting” Podcast. “How do you gain credentials as a lighting designer? You go and learn under Henrik or Glenn. Our host and his guest talk …
SCE MArch Faculty David Leven Hosts Book Talk for New Publication
SCE Associate Professor of Architecture David Leven (Partner, LEVENBETTS) with Stella Betts (Partner, LEVENBETTS) and co-author Thomas de Monchaux host a Book Talk & Signing for their new book, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a House. Thursday April 14, 6-8pm 25 E 13th St, E206 (Glass Corner) Thirteen Ways of Looking at a House is a …