Arch1201 - Dominique: Rain

After the interim presentation and the feedback received, I thought it was central to the success of my responsive architecture to research in depth the patterns and effect of rain/water falling on glass. Below are images that I will be using as inspiration to recreate in grasshopper.

For my initial design, I wanted to create an effect on the roof of my building that was a direct representation of rain falling on water, water on water. The two images below show the theme that i was aiming for.

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RAIN ON WATER

My initial responsive roof in grasshopper, was too regimented and structured (image one). The circular patternation seen in image one is around the middle stage of the responsive roof before it turns completely transparent. However, after the interim presentation I have decided not for my roof to turn completely transparent, conversely for it to simply mock and imitate the effect of water/rain falling on glass.

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RAIN ON GLASS

The changes I intend to make for my responsive roof, is to enable it to simulate something more like rain hitting or falling on glass. In the images below you can see a recurring pattern of a sporadic, infrequent and periodic shapes.

Ideally, I would love to create a roof that responds to light rain by expressing the effect of rain on glass and then having the effect of rain on water once the rain gets really heavy, however the hardest part is doing it in grasshopper.