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Leaves Flapping Fabric application<br />
GUTTER—FRONT<br />
EDGE LOWER THAN<br />
BACK EDGE<br />
WATER FROM ROOF<br />
OR BUILDING DRIPS<br />
ONTO FABRIC<br />
Photograph courtesy of Takashi Hososhima, 2012<br />
APPLICATION OF NATURE’S FUNCTION<br />
Just as a plant moves water out to its leaves,<br />
pipes can move water from the roof or out from<br />
the building itself onto an absorbent fabric on<br />
the building’s façade. This flexible material<br />
would be loosely attached, allowing it to move<br />
in the wind and have air movement behind it.<br />
Moisture on this fabric would be exposed to<br />
wind and sun, evaporating rather than being<br />
piped into the storm/sewer systems<br />
(Moddemeyer, 2016).<br />
“FLAPPING FABRIC”<br />
MECHANICALLY<br />
FASTENED BEHIND<br />
GUTTER FLANAGE<br />
FLAPPING FABRIC—FABRIC ATTACHMENT<br />
Image by Jennifer Barnes, 2016<br />
38 seedkit DESIGN CONCEPTS LEARNED FROM PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS
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