CHAPTER 2-1 Celebrating, Rain and Shine.ppt

* The Rainwater Residence looks out through the trees while collecting water for purposes both poetic and practical. A view of the dining room from above. Lower level floor plan. Upper level floor plan. Under the typically gloomy sky, the house presents an understated face to the street. The windows were carefully located to frame certain trees. View from the living room. Each large roof segment drains to a single point, where a boulder is anointed by the resulting waterfalls. During a rainstorm, the water cascades onto the boulder then drains into the cistern. From the terrace, rainwater drains from the rocks to the cistern below. *