PARSONS SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTED ENVIRONMENTS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2008
STREET SEATS
Street Seats is a program launched by the New York City Department of Transportation to maximize public seating throughout the city. In partnership with School of Constructed Environments, Parsons School of Design, this public seating structure was designed and built by a multidisciplinary group of students.
FEMINISM AND ARCHITECTURE
On March 18, 2014, architect, critic, and educator Susana Torre presented the keynote address for Feminism and Architecture: Intergenerational Conversations, a program co-organized by The Architectural League and Parsons School of Design. Torre was the curator of the 1977 League exhibition Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, and editor of an accompanying book of the same name. The video of Torre’s remarks is now available from the Architectural League of New York website. Additional information about Torre and her profound contributions to the area of feminism in architecture, can be found here.
WOMEN ARCHITECTURE AND ACADEMIA
2015 Women Architecture, and AcademiaApril 3, 2015 to April 4, 2015Feminism and architecture is an ongoing series organized by Peggy Deamer, Assistant Dean and Professor, Yale School of Architecture, Brian McGrath, Dean of the School of ConstructedEnvironments, Parsons, and Ioanna Theocharopoulou, Assistant Professor, School of Constructed Environments. It is dedicated to exploring issues of gender in both the practice and scholarship of architecture.
