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
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.
Unmaking, Making, Remaking. Parsons MFA of Industrial Design class of 2023.
Students from the MFA Industrial Design, 2023 Graduating class presented Thesis projects at Ludlow/SOMMwhere as part of NYCxDesign during the NYC design week.
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
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.
Unmaking, Making, Remaking. Parsons MFA of Industrial Design class of 2023.
Students from the MFA Industrial Design, 2023 Graduating class presented Thesis projects at Ludlow/SOMMwhere as part of NYCxDesign during the NYC design week.
Special Projects
AIL Awards
The Lighting Design program was the 2009 host to the annual Architectural Lighting Magazine’s International Light and Architecture Design Awards.
Empowerhouse
EMPOWERHOUSE is a community-based approach to sustainable urban development showcasing the design of two affordable solar powered homes and a neighborhood learning garden. Students from The New School and Stevens Institute of Technology came together to compete in the Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon.
Publications
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 …
BFA ID Director Yu Nong Khew featured in September/October issue of i+D
BFA ID Director and Parsons SCE featured in in September/October issue of i+D The New School has long been known as a champion of social justice and climate, according to Yu Nong Khew, director of the BFA Interior Design program and assistant professor of interior design at Parsons School …