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
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 …
Things to Live With. Parsons MFA of Industrial Design class of 2023 at Wanted Design.
Students from the MFA Industrial Design, 2023 graduating class presented Thesis projects with Wanted Design as part of ICFF at the Javits Center in NYC.
Faculty News
SCE Faculty Andrew Bernheimer featured in the New York Times
We are so proud to see Andrew Bernheimer leading an exemplary firm in affordable housing in New York. “There are other developers and designers of affordable housing whose work has also raised the bar around the country, among them the architects David Baker in San Francisco, Andrew Bernheimer in Brooklyn …
David Leven, faculty of the M.Arch and BFA Architectural Design programs at SCE, and principal of LEVENBETTS, Brooklyn, NY, has been awarded the AIANY 2024 Design Award of Merit for their redesign of the Brooklyn Public Library East Flatbush Branch.
The East Flatbush Public Library scope includes a full renovation of the entire exterior façade and roof as well as the 8,000-square-foot interior. The original 1988 library building had an unwelcoming facade that was closed off from visual access to the street and when inside, there was no natural …
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 …