DEAN’S NOTE

I am delighted to introduce the 6th volume of our annual student-led publication “Atmosphere” with a selection of student works across all levels within our undergraduate and graduate studios, courses, and seminars. This display of a broad range of trajectories includes design workshops, collaborative and multidisciplinary research initiatives, community-based projects, and extracurricular and experiential learning activities.

“Atmosphere” continues to showcase the transformative and continuously evolving path that the School has embraced; the ambition to stimulate new knowledge; and the exploration of emerging technologies, promoting critical academic excellence. While we aim to prepare our students to be responsible and active citizens, at SoAD we are committed to advancing architecture and design in extraordinary ways, helping students to convert an interest in a leading career in sync with the shifting of professional practices.

Supporting a unified, diverse, well-respected, and collegial School to its next level of distinction, we prioritize student-centered development, educational success, and job placement, with a plan to inspire future leaders in the world who positively anticipate change. We like to call New York Tech the home of doers, makers, and innovators, a place where we invent the future. Those words really do sum up the incredibly creative work we see coming from the School of Architecture and Design and from our outstanding students, faculty, staff, alumni architects and designers.

Maria R. Perbellini, Dean School of Architecture and Design New York Institute of Technology