XDEA is an interdisciplinary design studio led by architect N. Scott Johnson.
XDEA projects are rooted in art, public space and performance and informed by community, memory, loss and renewal. We create architectural experiences that connect human and site-specific experiences, to hear and feel the rhythm of the forces that enrich the spaces that we move through and occupy.
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WWII Tribute, Veterans Memorial Sanctuary Island, Vero Beach, FL
The WWII Tribute, located on an island in the Indian River Lagoon, is designed as both a memorial and a stage. Working with the geometry of mature live oaks surrounding an existing honor circle, the stage shifts 45 degrees off the north-south axis to provide more opportunities for shade and less glare from the sun […]
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Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Public Space Design Proposal, New York, NY
Ideas to reimagine the public experience within the highly secured yet welcoming public spaces of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office on 42nd Street in New York City was the cumulation of an XDEA research trip to Taiwan, generously sponsored by TECO. Inspiration (left to right) Top: Bao-an Temple, Datong District, Museum of Contemporary Art […]
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Student Entrepreneurial Center, Collaboratory and Amphitheater, Vero Beach, Florida
18,000 square foot community innovation collaboratory in Vero Beach, Florida ”Located across the street from the Vero Beach High School, this building aims to create a new town square with spaces that inspire creativity, invention, collaboration, community, and performance.” N Scott Johnson Gateway Entrance with Performance Space Beyond The Student Entrepreneurial Center and Community Collaboratory […]
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Madison Lake House
Construction complete 2022: 2,900 square foot home on Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin ” The modulation of light activates different spaces as the sun moves around the house throughout the year. In winter, as a blanket of snow creates a vast white plane over the dark frozen lake, a horizontal stillness is marked by the […]
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Electric Tank Parade, Vero Beach, Florida
The people of Vero Beach own massively valuable assets: Big Blue, a decommissioned power plant the size of Chartres Cathedral along side a soon to be relocated waste water treatment plant with six water tanks, the largest being 45 feet tall with a footprint of 24,900 square feet, all located on 33 acres along the […]
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Evidentiary Bodies : Barbara Hammer
N. Scott Johnson composed ‘Duet for Cello and Film’ to accompany Barbara Hammer’s film ‘Evidentiary Bodies’.
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Water Bridge House, Cold Spring, NY
The motion of water as it flows through the site, at different speeds throughout the year, is a guiding design principal.
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Tulip Tree House, Cold Spring, NY
How do you occupy space a forest of forest of 150′ tall Tulip Trees without really being there?
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