Modern Architectural Master John M. Johansen has been producing exciting, outrageous architecture for over 60 years. Recognized as one of the preeminent architects in the United States, Johansen’s architectural genius, expressed in his innovative sense of design - and always utilizing the latest in technologies - is imbued with a deep concern for social responsibility, ethics and the environment. In a feature documentary film about Johansen’s extraordinary life, his keen, inquisitive mind, his most inventive works, and those of his colleages and mentors, SEASONS OF THE SOUL takes viewers on an odyssey of modern architecture. 

Now in the Winter of his life, 91 year old Johansen is designing for the future when a “new species of architecture” - nanoarchitecture - will emerge. Based upon his research of nanotechnologies, biomorphics, astrophysics and electromagnetics, and influenced by his studies of analytical psychology and integrated philosophies, Johansen is planting the seeds of future environments by creating nanoarchitectural designs that may some day be used to “grow” buildings that will exist in harmony with nature. As nanoarchitecture evolves and eventually becomes available - inevitable, according to Johansen and many others - many concerns and questions arise. If nanoarchitecture is to be used in the creation of the buildings of the future, what impact will this have on society?  And, of crucial importance, how will nanoarchitecture affect our natural world? These are some of the issues raised in the film. Filmed and directed by John Veltri. Produced by Marguerite Lorimer.

Before taking his daily swim in an upstate New York pond in October 2006
John Johansen, age 90 remarked, “I’m taking my chamces... swimming into the late Autumn...”