Object Title
Audio interview with Peter Wheelwright
Part of
Collection: Radical Shifts: Reshaping the Interior at Parsons (1955-1985) oral history project
Material Category
Digital Audio
Description
Interviewed by Danielle Epstein, an MFA Interior Design student, Peter Wheelwright discusses his education and practice as an architect before coming to teach at Parsons School of Design, then focuses on describing the environmental design curriculum in the 1980s, identifying James Wines as the force behind the program's change in direction. He reflects upon debates within the school, where theories about architectural formalism were conflicting with ideas about architectural design contextualized within a social program, and describes internal politics at the school in the 1980s and 1990s that resulted in a sharp, sometimes contentious relationship between the architecture and environmental design program, on the one hand, and the newly resurrected version of the interior design program, on the other.
Date
December 1 2010
Related people
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives Parsons the New School for Design (publisher)
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives Parsons the New School for Design (producer)
Parsons School of Design. Environmental and Interior Design Department (subject)
Danielle Epstein (interviewer)
Peter M. Wheelwright (interviewee)
Language
English
Use Restrictions
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier
PC070104_Wheelwright_20101201
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Material Category
Digital AudioDescription
Interviewed by Danielle Epstein, an MFA Interior Design student, Peter Wheelwright discusses his education and practice as an architect before coming to teach at Parsons School of Design, then focuses on describing the environmental design curriculum in the 1980s, identifying James Wines as the force behind the program's change in direction. He reflects upon debates within the school, where theories about architectural formalism were conflicting with ideas about architectural design contextualized within a social program, and describes internal politics at the school in the 1980s and 1990s that resulted in a sharp, sometimes contentious relationship between the architecture and environmental design program, on the one hand, and the newly resurrected version of the interior design program, on the other.Date
December 1 2010Related people
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives Parsons the New School for Design (publisher)Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives Parsons the New School for Design (producer)
Parsons School of Design. Environmental and Interior Design Department (subject)
Danielle Epstein (interviewer)
Peter M. Wheelwright (interviewee)
Language
EnglishUse Restrictions
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier
PC070104_Wheelwright_20101201There’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.