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AP174
Synopsis:
The Testa & Weiser project records, 2001-2014, document the firm’s involvement in several projects as well as the development and use of the software script Weaver. The bulk of the records in the archive are digital files, the majority of which relate to the unbuilt research projects Carbon Tower (2001) and Strand Tower (2006). The archive also contains eight 3D printed physical models and 56 drawings.
AP174
Synopsis:
The Testa & Weiser project records, 2001-2014, document the firm’s involvement in several projects as well as the development and use of the software script Weaver. The bulk of the records in the archive are digital files, the majority of which relate to the unbuilt research projects Carbon Tower (2001) and Strand Tower (2006). The archive also contains eight 3D printed physical models and 56 drawings.
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2001-2014
2001-2014
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Testa & Weiser project records
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AP174
Synopsis:
The Testa & Weiser project records, 2001-2014, document the firm’s involvement in several projects as well as the development and use of the software script Weaver. The bulk of the records in the archive are digital files, the majority of which relate to the unbuilt research projects Carbon Tower (2001) and Strand Tower (2006). The archive also contains eight 3D printed physical models and 56 drawings.
Testa & Weiser project records
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AP174
Synopsis:
The Testa & Weiser project records, 2001-2014, document the firm’s involvement in several projects as well as the development and use of the software script Weaver. The bulk of the records in the archive are digital files, the majority of which relate to the unbuilt research projects Carbon Tower (2001) and Strand Tower (2006). The archive also contains eight 3D printed physical models and 56 drawings.
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archives
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Fonds
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2001-2014
2001-2014
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drawings
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2 drawing(s)
drawings
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2 drawing(s)
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.012
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink on paper.
AP174.S1.2001.D1.012
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Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink on paper.
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Date:
2002
2002
Title:
Early sketches on back of Ruby's Diner placemats
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.012
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Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink on paper.
Early sketches on back of Ruby's Diner placemats
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.012
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink on paper.
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drawings
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2 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
2 drawing(s)
Date:
2002
2002
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drawings
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17 drawing(s)
drawings
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17 drawing(s)
Title:
Mixed studies
Mixed studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.018
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and colored pencil on tracing paper.
AP174.S1.2001.D1.018
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Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and colored pencil on tracing paper.
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Date:
circa 2001-2004
circa 2001-2004
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Mixed studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.018
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and colored pencil on tracing paper.
Mixed studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.018
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Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and colored pencil on tracing paper.
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drawings
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17 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
17 drawing(s)
Date:
circa 2001-2004
circa 2001-2004
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drawings
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7 drawing(s)
drawings
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7 drawing(s)
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.014
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa, in ink on paper. One sheet has drawings on both sides.
AP174.S1.2001.D1.014
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Contains sketches by Peter Testa, in ink on paper. One sheet has drawings on both sides.
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Date:
ca. 2001-2004
ca. 2001-2004
Title:
Top and bottom studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.014
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Contains sketches by Peter Testa, in ink on paper. One sheet has drawings on both sides.
Top and bottom studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.014
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa, in ink on paper. One sheet has drawings on both sides.
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drawings
Quantity:
7 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
7 drawing(s)
Date:
ca. 2001-2004
ca. 2001-2004
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Form:
drawings
Quantity:
2 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
2 drawing(s)
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.016
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and pencil on paper. One sheet has drawings on both sides.
AP174.S1.2001.D1.016
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Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and pencil on paper. One sheet has drawings on both sides.
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Date:
ca. 2001-2004
ca. 2001-2004
Title:
Structure to floor detail studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.016
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Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and pencil on paper. One sheet has drawings on both sides.
Structure to floor detail studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.016
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and pencil on paper. One sheet has drawings on both sides.
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drawings
Quantity:
2 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
2 drawing(s)
Date:
ca. 2001-2004
ca. 2001-2004
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Form:
drawings
Quantity:
16 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
16 drawing(s)
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.013
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and colored pencil on paper. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
AP174.S1.2001.D1.013
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and colored pencil on paper. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
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Date:
ca. 2001-2004
ca. 2001-2004
Title:
Top and bottom studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.013
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and colored pencil on paper. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
Top and bottom studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.013
Description:
Contains sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, in ink and colored pencil on paper. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
Form:
drawings
Quantity:
16 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
16 drawing(s)
Date:
ca. 2001-2004
ca. 2001-2004
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Form:
drawings
Quantity:
7 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
7 drawing(s)
Title:
Air Fruit studies
Air Fruit studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.017
Description:
Contains ink and pencil sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, including some over printed computer-aided design outlines. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
AP174.S1.2001.D1.017
Description:
Contains ink and pencil sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, including some over printed computer-aided design outlines. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
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Date:
ca. 2001-2004
ca. 2001-2004
Title:
Air Fruit studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.017
Description:
Contains ink and pencil sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, including some over printed computer-aided design outlines. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
Air Fruit studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.017
Description:
Contains ink and pencil sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser, including some over printed computer-aided design outlines. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
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drawings
Quantity:
7 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
7 drawing(s)
Date:
ca. 2001-2004
ca. 2001-2004
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Form:
drawings
Quantity:
5 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
5 drawing(s)
Title:
Ramp studies
Ramp studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.015
Description:
Contains ramp studies, including ink and pencil sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser (some over printed computer-aided design outlines) as well as unannotated printed computer-aided designs. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
AP174.S1.2001.D1.015
Description:
Contains ramp studies, including ink and pencil sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser (some over printed computer-aided design outlines) as well as unannotated printed computer-aided designs. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
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Date:
ca. 2001-2004
ca. 2001-2004
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Ramp studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.015
Description:
Contains ramp studies, including ink and pencil sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser (some over printed computer-aided design outlines) as well as unannotated printed computer-aided designs. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
Ramp studies
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.015
Description:
Contains ramp studies, including ink and pencil sketches by Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser (some over printed computer-aided design outlines) as well as unannotated printed computer-aided designs. Several sheets have drawings on both sides.
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drawings
Quantity:
5 drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
5 drawing(s)
Date:
ca. 2001-2004
ca. 2001-2004
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Project
Project
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Carbon Tower (2001)
Carbon Tower (2001)
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AP174.S1.2001.D1
Description:
This project file documents an unbuilt design by Testa & Weiser for Carbon Tower (2001), a forty-storey building made almost entirely of carbon fibre. The project was developed in parallel with scripting software designed while Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser co-directed the Emergent Design Group at MIT. "The tower consists of an interdependent set of parts: floor plates hang from a diagrid structure of bundled fibres reinforced by two double-helix covered ramps, which are run in and out of the structure and are themselves made of strands woven at a finer scale. A thin composite skin—glass would be too heavy—wraps the tower’s parts together. A collaboration with Arup in 2002 allowed Testa & Weiser to simplify the scheme even further, by moving all core elements, from elevators to structural supports, to the tower’s perimeter. To take full advantage of the flexibility and energy efficiency of composite materials, Testa & Weiser also imagined that the carbon fibre structures would be formed on site through a process called pultrusion."[1] The file contains a large number of digital files documenting the conceptual and design development of the project; consultation with Arup Consulting Engineers, New York; research on composite materials; fabrication of 3D printed physical models by 3D Systems and Windform; and exhibition of the project at several museums and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. Also contained in the file are 56 paper drawings (including some sketches done on top of printed computer-aided designs) and two 3D printed physical models produced by 3D Systems. Sources: [1] Canadian Centre for Architecture. Archaeology of the Digital 12: Testa & Weiser, Carbon Tower, ed. Greg Lynn (2015), ISBN 978-1-927071-25-0.
AP174.S1.2001.D1
Description:
This project file documents an unbuilt design by Testa & Weiser for Carbon Tower (2001), a forty-storey building made almost entirely of carbon fibre. The project was developed in parallel with scripting software designed while Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser co-directed the Emergent Design Group at MIT. "The tower consists of an interdependent set of parts: floor plates hang from a diagrid structure of bundled fibres reinforced by two double-helix covered ramps, which are run in and out of the structure and are themselves made of strands woven at a finer scale. A thin composite skin—glass would be too heavy—wraps the tower’s parts together. A collaboration with Arup in 2002 allowed Testa & Weiser to simplify the scheme even further, by moving all core elements, from elevators to structural supports, to the tower’s perimeter. To take full advantage of the flexibility and energy efficiency of composite materials, Testa & Weiser also imagined that the carbon fibre structures would be formed on site through a process called pultrusion."[1] The file contains a large number of digital files documenting the conceptual and design development of the project; consultation with Arup Consulting Engineers, New York; research on composite materials; fabrication of 3D printed physical models by 3D Systems and Windform; and exhibition of the project at several museums and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. Also contained in the file are 56 paper drawings (including some sketches done on top of printed computer-aided designs) and two 3D printed physical models produced by 3D Systems. Sources: [1] Canadian Centre for Architecture. Archaeology of the Digital 12: Testa & Weiser, Carbon Tower, ed. Greg Lynn (2015), ISBN 978-1-927071-25-0.
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Date:
2002-2014
2002-2014
Title:
Carbon Tower (2001)
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AP174.S1.2001.D1
Description:
This project file documents an unbuilt design by Testa & Weiser for Carbon Tower (2001), a forty-storey building made almost entirely of carbon fibre. The project was developed in parallel with scripting software designed while Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser co-directed the Emergent Design Group at MIT. "The tower consists of an interdependent set of parts: floor plates hang from a diagrid structure of bundled fibres reinforced by two double-helix covered ramps, which are run in and out of the structure and are themselves made of strands woven at a finer scale. A thin composite skin—glass would be too heavy—wraps the tower’s parts together. A collaboration with Arup in 2002 allowed Testa & Weiser to simplify the scheme even further, by moving all core elements, from elevators to structural supports, to the tower’s perimeter. To take full advantage of the flexibility and energy efficiency of composite materials, Testa & Weiser also imagined that the carbon fibre structures would be formed on site through a process called pultrusion."[1] The file contains a large number of digital files documenting the conceptual and design development of the project; consultation with Arup Consulting Engineers, New York; research on composite materials; fabrication of 3D printed physical models by 3D Systems and Windform; and exhibition of the project at several museums and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. Also contained in the file are 56 paper drawings (including some sketches done on top of printed computer-aided designs) and two 3D printed physical models produced by 3D Systems. Sources: [1] Canadian Centre for Architecture. Archaeology of the Digital 12: Testa & Weiser, Carbon Tower, ed. Greg Lynn (2015), ISBN 978-1-927071-25-0.
Carbon Tower (2001)
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AP174.S1.2001.D1
Description:
This project file documents an unbuilt design by Testa & Weiser for Carbon Tower (2001), a forty-storey building made almost entirely of carbon fibre. The project was developed in parallel with scripting software designed while Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser co-directed the Emergent Design Group at MIT. "The tower consists of an interdependent set of parts: floor plates hang from a diagrid structure of bundled fibres reinforced by two double-helix covered ramps, which are run in and out of the structure and are themselves made of strands woven at a finer scale. A thin composite skin—glass would be too heavy—wraps the tower’s parts together. A collaboration with Arup in 2002 allowed Testa & Weiser to simplify the scheme even further, by moving all core elements, from elevators to structural supports, to the tower’s perimeter. To take full advantage of the flexibility and energy efficiency of composite materials, Testa & Weiser also imagined that the carbon fibre structures would be formed on site through a process called pultrusion."[1] The file contains a large number of digital files documenting the conceptual and design development of the project; consultation with Arup Consulting Engineers, New York; research on composite materials; fabrication of 3D printed physical models by 3D Systems and Windform; and exhibition of the project at several museums and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. Also contained in the file are 56 paper drawings (including some sketches done on top of printed computer-aided designs) and two 3D printed physical models produced by 3D Systems. Sources: [1] Canadian Centre for Architecture. Archaeology of the Digital 12: Testa & Weiser, Carbon Tower, ed. Greg Lynn (2015), ISBN 978-1-927071-25-0.
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