[Recent Lecture] Testa & Weiser

Mon. Nov. 16th @ EMPAC

PETER TESTA & DEVYN WEISER: Superpositions

Testa & Weiser is a Los Angeles based architecture and design studio founded by partners Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser in 2002. The studio is known for conceptual and technical breakthroughs that integrate advanced material processes at all scales. From pioneering software applications to creating new composite building systems, Testa & Weiser is recognized as an international design leader redefining architecture.

Founding partners Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser are both co-founders of the MIT Emergent Design Group (EDG), which seeks to break new ground by combining developments in modeling theory, intelligent systems, organizational theory and the science of dynamics to enlarge the space of possibility for contemporary design and computation. Peter Testa has been a member of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) Graduate and Post-Professional faculty since 2004. Testa holds an S.M.Arch.S. (History/Theory) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a Registered Architect in California (NCARB Certificate). He is the recipient of numerous awards including the MIT Innovation Award and Design Arts Award of the National Endowment for the Arts.  Devyn Weiser joined the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) faculty in 2006 where she served as Undergraduate Thesis Coordinator from 2009-2013. Devyn Weiser holds a B.F.A. and B.Arch from the Rhode Island School of Design (with honors); and a MS.AAD from Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. 

Current Testa & Weiser projects include Factor(E) electric vehicle design and manufacturing complex for PSA Peugeot Citroën EV; ZXT housing and mixed – use towers in Shenzhen, China; House Gallery 5; X-NRG water and energy infrastructure for NASA; and Composite Order, a prototype building systems with a consortium of manufacturers. The studio has been featured in numerous publications including AD Architectural Design Magazine, The New Yorker, and The London Times, as well as books Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance; Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture; and FORM+CODE In Design, Art, and Architecture. Testa & Weiser exhibits at leading museums and galleries worldwide, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; National Art Center, Tokyo; Embankment Galleries, London; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; and Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York.In 2016 the firm’s work will be featured as one of twenty projects defining the digital turn in architecture at the Canadian Centre for Architecture(CCA) and Yale University School of Architecture (YSOA).

Information on the projects, publications, partners, and team at Testa and Weiser can be found here: testaweiser.com
Sources | Testa & Weiser | MIT Emergent Design Group

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