Part of:

• Fonds: Testa & Weiser project records, 2001-2014
•    Series: Weaver software, ca. 2001-2004

People:

• Testa & Weiser (archive creator)
• Simon Greenwold (software developer)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Emergent Design Group (educational institution)
• Peter Testa (architect)
• Devyn Weiser (architect)

Title:

Weaver software

Date:

ca. 2001-2004

Level of archival description:
Series

Extent and medium:

• 64 digital files (28 MB)

Scope and content:
This series contains records relating to Weaver, a software script developed by the Emergent Design Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and written in Maya Embedded Language (MEL) for Alias|Wavefront Maya. Weaver algorithmically generates woven strands and applies these strands to a surface within a 3D design model. The resulting weaves “can be complex, and depend on both the description of the weaver pattern and the topology of any user-defined surface or scaffolding in Maya on which Weaver is applied.”[1] The records in this series date from approximately 2001-2004 and include the script in Maya Executable Language (MEL) and standalone executable formats, annotated source code, tutorials, and file outputs such as images and Maya 3D models.

Sources:

[1] Testa, Peter and Devyn Weiser. “Material Agency,” in Network Practices: New Strategies in Architecture and Design. New York: Princeton Architectural Press (2007): 128.

Reference number:

AP174.S2

Arrangement:
This series is organized into three file-level groups assembled by firm principal Devyn Weiser in 2014. The material in this series is not arranged in any particular order.

Contains:

• AP174.S2.001, Emergent Design Group Weaver tests in Maya, 2001
• AP174.S2.002, Weaver Maya Embedded Language (MEL) script, annotated source code, and tutorial, 2001-2004
• AP174.S2.003, Weaver Live software and images, ca. 2004