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
Spring 2025 Courses
LDAR 233G-01 - WRITTEN AND VISUAL NARRATIVE: CRAFTING THE THESIS BOOK
LevelGraduate
UnitLandscape Architecture
Subject Landscape Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
FormatSeminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
LDAR 233G-01
WRITTEN AND VISUAL NARRATIVE: CRAFTING THE THESIS BOOK
LevelGraduate
UnitLandscape Architecture
Subject Landscape Architecture
PeriodSpring 2025
Credits3
FormatSeminar
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: TH | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Nick De PaceLocation(s): Weybosset St Studios, Room 304Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
All Landscape Architecture graduate students at RISD are required to submit a Thesis Book that is the culmination of the work undertaken in the Advanced Design Research Studio (Thesis). The Thesis Book class is designed to support the written and graphic component of the Thesis Book. The course will provide resources to support the framing and reflection of the thesis work through writing. In addition, the graphic layout of the book will be used as a tool to help structure the inquiry into student's thesis topics.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $200.00
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
LDAR 233G-02 - WRITTEN AND VISUAL NARRATIVE: CRAFTING THE THESIS BOOK
LevelGraduate
UnitLandscape Architecture
Subject Landscape Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
FormatSeminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
LDAR 233G-02
WRITTEN AND VISUAL NARRATIVE: CRAFTING THE THESIS BOOK
LevelGraduate
UnitLandscape Architecture
Subject Landscape Architecture
PeriodSpring 2025
Credits3
FormatSeminar
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: TH | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Nick De PaceLocation(s): Weybosset St Studios, Room 304Enrolled / Capacity: 14Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
All Landscape Architecture graduate students at RISD are required to submit a Thesis Book that is the culmination of the work undertaken in the Advanced Design Research Studio (Thesis). The Thesis Book class is designed to support the written and graphic component of the Thesis Book. The course will provide resources to support the framing and reflection of the thesis work through writing. In addition, the graphic layout of the book will be used as a tool to help structure the inquiry into student's thesis topics.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $200.00
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
