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 […]
Treaty Between Self and Earth, a new performance piece inspired by the poems of Colin Greer connects everyday things we take for granted to the deforestation of the Amazon rain forest. Architect N. Scott Johnson wrote the book connecting six poems into a narrative and composed the musical score inspired by Brazilian popular music from […]
9/11’s Unsettled Dust is a film about the impact of the toxic cancer-causing smoke that hung over ground zero and how the EPA told people the air was safe to breathe. The film score features music composed and performed by Scott Johnson based on a jam session with musician and sound engineer David Goldman and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
N. Scott Johnson composed ‘Duet for Cello and Film’ to accompany Barbara Hammer’s film ‘Evidentiary Bodies’.