Nick De Pace has taught in RISD’s Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Architecture departments since 1999. In 2012 he was Chief Critic of RISD’s European Honors Program in Rome, which he participated in as a student at RISD in 1992–93. This summer he will teach an immersive field drawing course at RISD’s campus in Rome: the Palazzetto Cenci. In the fall he will lead a cross-disciplinary design studio on the mechanics and craft of the scenic arts with support from the Turner Theatrical and Performance Design Fund and the Department of Interior Architecture.
Between 1996 and 2001, De Pace was project designer for the of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC under design architect Friedrich St. Florian. Since 2002, he has designed numerous award-winning residential and commercial projects through his independent practice, Ad Hoc/Architecture in Providence.
De Pace’s interest in ancient infrastructural systems, territorial land-water management and the 18th-century drawings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi led to a Fulbright Fellowship in 2005 to document the Emissarium of Lake Albano, a monumental subterranean water conduit of ancient Roman engineering. Since being certified in urban speleology by Roma Sotterranea, he has collaborated on numerous archaeological activities, most recently the architectural reconstructions for the forthcoming publication on the Villa Magna Project in southern Latium.
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
LDAR 2204-02 - CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES STUDIO
LevelGraduate
UnitLandscape Architecture
Subject Landscape Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
LDAR 2204-02
CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES STUDIO
LevelGraduate
UnitLandscape Architecture
Subject Landscape Architecture
PeriodFall 2023
Credits6
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 5:10 PM; T | 9:40 AM - 11:40 AMInstructor(s): Nick De PaceLocation(s): Weybosset St Studios, Room 200BEnrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This core studio stresses middle scale landscape architectural design. A series of studio problems will explore urban public spaces. Students will endeavor to represent contemporary cultural and ecological ideas in land form. There will be an emphasis on constructive strategies, the use of plants in design and methods of representation.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $250.00
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Landscape Architecture Students.
Major Requirement | MLA-I, MLA-II Landscape Architecture
INTAR 501G-01 / LDAR 501G-01 - SUSTAINABILITY LAB: MATERIAL EXPLORATIONS
Times: TH | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Nick De PaceLocation(s): Weybosset St Studios, Room 305Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This 3-credit elective centers around the Sustainability Lab, an initiative between LDAR and INTAR departments to explore creative material approaches to sustainability. Looking specifically at materials common to New England, this skill-building seminar will explore one selected material each year and expose students to different techniques and methods of researching and working with the region's intrinsic materials.
In tandem with the co-requisite studio, students will collaborate with expert scientists, artists, craftspeople, and designers to refine their material literacy and develop multiple hands-on explorations that go beyond our disciplinary conventions to generate innovative fabrication techniques and applications for the built environment. This process includes becoming familiar with a material's inherent characteristics and behaviors, its composition and connection to vernacular and craft, and finally, developing novel research methods for design that rely on physical experimentation.
This is a co-requisite course. Students must register for LDAR/INTAR-500G and LDAR/INTAR-501G.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Landscape Architecture and Interior Architecture Graduate Students.
Elective
INTAR 501G-01 / LDAR 501G-01 - SUSTAINABILITY LAB: MATERIAL EXPLORATIONS
Times: TH | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Nick De PaceLocation(s): Weybosset St Studios, Room 305Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This 3-credit elective centers around the Sustainability Lab, an initiative between LDAR and INTAR departments to explore creative material approaches to sustainability. Looking specifically at materials common to New England, this skill-building seminar will explore one selected material each year and expose students to different techniques and methods of researching and working with the region's intrinsic materials.
In tandem with the co-requisite studio, students will collaborate with expert scientists, artists, craftspeople, and designers to refine their material literacy and develop multiple hands-on explorations that go beyond our disciplinary conventions to generate innovative fabrication techniques and applications for the built environment. This process includes becoming familiar with a material's inherent characteristics and behaviors, its composition and connection to vernacular and craft, and finally, developing novel research methods for design that rely on physical experimentation.
This is a co-requisite course. Students must register for LDAR/INTAR-500G and LDAR/INTAR-501G.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Landscape Architecture and Interior Architecture Graduate Students.
