Nick Haus Heywood

Critic - Interior Architecture
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BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
MIA, Rhode Island School of Design

Nick Heywood is a designer, educator and writer. He supports graduate student writing during the thesis cycle in Interior Architecture and teaches art and design courses at the University of Rhode Island. His writing focuses on the preservation of threatened historic sites and proposed public policy, with an emphasis on the relationship between sustainable practice and historic preservation. In fall 2016, he added a decorative arts shop to his studio in Warren, RI.

Courses

Fall 2024 Courses

FD 2581-02 - FURNITURE DESIGN SENIOR SEMINAR
Level Undergraduate
Unit Furniture Design
Subject Furniture Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

FD 2581-02

FURNITURE DESIGN SENIOR SEMINAR

Level Undergraduate
Unit Furniture Design
Subject Furniture Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: W | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Instructor(s): Nick Haus Heywood Location(s): Washington Place, Room 237A Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

In this course we examine individual studio practices in depth through collecting, drawing, and writing. We approach writing as a mutable medium, one that can be built up, torn apart, cobbled together, patch-worked, polished, shined, exploded, and altogether constructed in a way that is not dissimilar to the way an object emerges in the studio. We examine the ways that writing as a part of making can spark ideas for visual work, enrich subliminal visual narratives, connect ideas that may seem disparate, collect a wide variety of sources in a small space, act as a place for reflection, and ultimately be an active and integral part of making. In the process, we will unearth themes that permeate students' artistic work in a way that forges future paths for creative exploration while protecting some of the mysteries that are particular to an embodied practice. Students will begin to develop a personal vocabulary that parallels the richly developed language of their visual work, laying the foundation for their Senior Degree Project. The primary aim of this class is for students to develop a better understanding of their own practice and its context through writing and archiving influences and inspirations, laying the conceptual foundation and establishing a specific theme for the spring semester Senior Degree Project Report.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Senior Furniture Design Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Furniture Design

INTAR 2381-01 - HUMAN FACTORS: ERGONOMICS AND ACOUSTICS
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2381-01

HUMAN FACTORS: ERGONOMICS AND ACOUSTICS

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: M | 9:40 AM - 12:40 PM Instructor(s): Alban Bassuet, Nick Haus Heywood Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 305 Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course will focus on factors influencing the design of the interior environment through exploring issues of anthropometrics (the study of the characteristics of the human body), ergonomics (the application of anthropometric data to design), and proxemics (the study of the effect of cultural/psychological factors on design). It will be complemented by a study of acoustics as it relates to the relationship between the built environment and sound; predicting and designing for the acoustic performance of spaces, and executing acoustic measurements (impulse response, reverberations).

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

INTAR 2381-02 - HUMAN FACTORS: ERGONOMICS AND ACOUSTICS
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2381-02

HUMAN FACTORS: ERGONOMICS AND ACOUSTICS

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: M | 1:10 PM - 4:10 PM Instructor(s): Alban Bassuet, Nick Haus Heywood Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 305 Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course will focus on factors influencing the design of the interior environment through exploring issues of anthropometrics (the study of the characteristics of the human body), ergonomics (the application of anthropometric data to design), and proxemics (the study of the effect of cultural/psychological factors on design). It will be complemented by a study of acoustics as it relates to the relationship between the built environment and sound; predicting and designing for the acoustic performance of spaces, and executing acoustic measurements (impulse response, reverberations).

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

INTAR 2397-01 - DESIGN THESIS PREP
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2397-01

DESIGN THESIS PREP

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: W | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Liliane Wong, Nick Haus Heywood Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 103 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This seminar is the second of the three-part Design Thesis sequence in the department of Interior Architecture. This course is designed to assist students in identifying a thesis topic and respective design project through discussions that include studies of precedents, site related issues, program, and regulations, all of which are specific to adaptive reuse. Through group discussion and individual interviews, outline proposals will be approved in principle, requiring each student to prepare a feasibility report for their proposed Design Thesis. This completed feasibility report will be submitted for evaluation at the end of the Fall semester. Approved proposals will proceed to the next course in the sequence, where the proposal will be further refined, culminating in the design phase that will take place during the following Spring semester.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

INTAR 2397-02 - DESIGN THESIS PREP
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2397-02

DESIGN THESIS PREP

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: W | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Can Altay, Nick Haus Heywood Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 304 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This seminar is the second of the three-part Design Thesis sequence in the department of Interior Architecture. This course is designed to assist students in identifying a thesis topic and respective design project through discussions that include studies of precedents, site related issues, program, and regulations, all of which are specific to adaptive reuse. Through group discussion and individual interviews, outline proposals will be approved in principle, requiring each student to prepare a feasibility report for their proposed Design Thesis. This completed feasibility report will be submitted for evaluation at the end of the Fall semester. Approved proposals will proceed to the next course in the sequence, where the proposal will be further refined, culminating in the design phase that will take place during the following Spring semester.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

INTAR 2397-03 - DESIGN THESIS PREP
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2397-03

DESIGN THESIS PREP

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: W | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Markus Berger, Nick Haus Heywood Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 305 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This seminar is the second of the three-part Design Thesis sequence in the department of Interior Architecture. This course is designed to assist students in identifying a thesis topic and respective design project through discussions that include studies of precedents, site related issues, program, and regulations, all of which are specific to adaptive reuse. Through group discussion and individual interviews, outline proposals will be approved in principle, requiring each student to prepare a feasibility report for their proposed Design Thesis. This completed feasibility report will be submitted for evaluation at the end of the Fall semester. Approved proposals will proceed to the next course in the sequence, where the proposal will be further refined, culminating in the design phase that will take place during the following Spring semester.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate Interior Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

Spring 2025 Courses

INTAR 2353-01 - SPATIAL PERCEPTION: LIGHT & COLOR
Level Undergraduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2353-01

SPATIAL PERCEPTION: LIGHT & COLOR

Level Undergraduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: M | 9:40 AM - 12:40 PM Instructor(s): Maura Clark, Nick Haus Heywood Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 103 Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of color and light as they apply to spatial and visual perceptions in the built environment. It is an opportunity to study color theory in conjunction with light, lighting systems and the effect of light on color and form.

Major Requirement | BFA Interior Studies, MDes Interior Studies

INTAR 2353-02 - SPATIAL PERCEPTION: LIGHT & COLOR
Level Undergraduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2353-02

SPATIAL PERCEPTION: LIGHT & COLOR

Level Undergraduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
Format Lecture
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: M | 1:10 PM - 4:10 PM Instructor(s): Maura Clark, Nick Haus Heywood Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 103 Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of color and light as they apply to spatial and visual perceptions in the built environment. It is an opportunity to study color theory in conjunction with light, lighting systems and the effect of light on color and form.

Major Requirement | BFA Interior Studies, MDes Interior Studies

INTAR 2398-01 - DESIGN THESIS
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 9
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2398-01

DESIGN THESIS

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 9
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Eduardo Benamor Duarte, Ernesto Aparicio, Nick Haus Heywood, Stephen Turner Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 304 Enrolled / Capacity: 8 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Required for students in the MDes degree program. Under the supervision of their thesis advisor, students are responsible for the preparation and completion of a fully articulated design proposal of their own choice, as described by their Design Thesis Feasibility Report, submitted at the end of the Fall semester's Design Thesis Preparation class.

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

INTAR 2398-02 - DESIGN THESIS
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 9
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2398-02

DESIGN THESIS

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 9
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Ernesto Aparicio, Jeffrey Katz, Nick Haus Heywood, Stephen Turner Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 304 Enrolled / Capacity: 8 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Required for students in the MDes degree program. Under the supervision of their thesis advisor, students are responsible for the preparation and completion of a fully articulated design proposal of their own choice, as described by their Design Thesis Feasibility Report, submitted at the end of the Fall semester's Design Thesis Preparation class.

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

INTAR 2398-03 - DESIGN THESIS
Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 9
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

INTAR 2398-03

DESIGN THESIS

Level Graduate
Unit Interior Architecture
Subject Interior Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 9
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Can Altay, Ernesto Aparicio, Nick Haus Heywood, Stephen Turner Location(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 304 Enrolled / Capacity: 8 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Required for students in the MDes degree program. Under the supervision of their thesis advisor, students are responsible for the preparation and completion of a fully articulated design proposal of their own choice, as described by their Design Thesis Feasibility Report, submitted at the end of the Fall semester's Design Thesis Preparation class.

Major Requirement | MDes Interior Studies

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BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
MIA, Rhode Island School of Design