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 student, Jessica Thies at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center
On April 20th, MFA Industrial Designstudent, Jessica Thies, spoke about her thesis work at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. As a part of The Bio-Inspired Green (BIG) Science & Technology Symposium, she was on the Sustainable & Smart Fashion panel along with another student and faculty from FIT.
Healthy Materials Lab: We’re hiring Student Assistants!
Are you looking to join a team of passionate and creative people working to make the world a healthier place for all people? Healthy Materials Lab and Donghia healthier Materials Library (DhML) is looking for Student Research Assistants and Student Library Assistants. Please read the description of the opportunities below …
Faculty News
Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton wins Women in Architecture award from Architectural Record
Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA is a 2023 recipient Women in Architecture Award and was honored Friday, October 27, 2023. Dr. Sutton is a distinguished visiting professor at Parsons School of Design. Architectural Record’s 10th Annual Women in Architecture Forum and Awards program to recognize and promote women’s design leadership. …
Matt Burgermaster wins two AIA design awards for projects featuring reuse and circularity
SCE faculty Matt Burgermaster received two Honor Awards in AIA New Jersey’s 2023 Design Competition for recent projects by his office MABU in the built and unbuilt categories – DOUBLE TAKE and FOODLAB. To see the full list of winners, please visit the AIA’s official website. DOUBLE TAKE is an …
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Publications
Parsons SCE Street Seats featured in the NYTimes
The Spring 2017 Design Build course, taught by instructors Huy Bui and Carlos Gomez de Llarena, converted the parking space at the corner of 13th Street and Fifth Avenue into a parklet stocked with tables and chairs. The seating area is separated from the street by solar-powered bamboo lattice fence. …
Parsons faculty member, Antonio Di Oronzo featured on the cover of Interior Design Magazine
Congratulations to Parsons faculty member, Antonio Di Oronzo for being featured as the cover story of Interior Design Magazine. Interior Design firm, Bluarch designs Top-Notch Interiors for NYC Club, Spring Place. Di Oronzo helped design and work with NYC’s Spring Place’s sophisticated audience, whom are accustomed to attending fashion shows, movie …