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
MFA Industrial Design Students Win NYCxDesign Awards for Innovative, Sustainable Projects
The MFA in Industrial Design at Parsons School of Design gives students the opportunity to explore making in a variety of contexts, develop critical thinking skills, and integrate ideas about sustainability, consumerism, production, and more into their practice. Recently, three students from the program were awarded NYCxDesign Student Awards for …
Nicholas Byrne, MFA Lighting Design ’23, Co-Founder of recycleReality Awarded Two OBIE Awards as 2022 “Breakthrough Artist”
Parsons-founded creative technology studio, recycleReality, just won two OBIE Awards as part of the 2022 “Breakthrough Artist” ad campaign with Amazon Music and Overall Murals. The campaign won the OBIE Craft Award for Best Illustration and a Silver OBIE Award in the Billboards category. These awards are presented annually by …
Faculty News
SCE faculty Jeremy Barbour’s firm Tacklebox Architecture is recognized with multiple design awards for their recently completed project – % Arabica Coffee
SCE faculty Jeremy Barbour’s firm Tacklebox Architecture was selected as WINNER in the Hospitality Interior category and was awarded the top prize BEST OF BEST in the Commercial Interior category in the 2023 Architecture Masterprize Awards. The % Arabica Coffee project also received recognition for design excellence as an Honoree …
Nishan Kazazian Presents Forthcoming Book at Material Eco-systems: Digital, Physical, and Cultural Assemblies Symposium in Venice, November ’23
SCE would like to recognize and celebrate the achievements of one of our own faculty members, Nishan Kazazian, who was invited to present his forthcoming book, OSMOTIC BONDING: Art & Architecture, in Venice at an esteemed symposium on material eco-systems. Read about the experience written in his own words below: …
School News
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.
MFA Industrial Design Students Win NYCxDesign Awards for Innovative, Sustainable Projects
The MFA in Industrial Design at Parsons School of Design gives students the opportunity to explore making in a variety of contexts, develop critical thinking skills, and integrate ideas about sustainability, consumerism, production, and more into their practice. Recently, three students from the program were awarded NYCxDesign Student Awards for …
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 …