Wine + Garden’s beautiful atmosphere serves trendy customers in the Fort Lauderdale area. Though, because of awkward existing conditions it can not operate under rainy conditions. The outdoor seating and garden main aesthetic foliage are the string lit trees that anchor the four edges of the site. The canopies go up over the building roof at places making a draping awning almost spatially impossible. Popular Architecture Studio proposed rain screens that are under the canopy and slope to trees roots to irrigate.

The client wanted a piece that did not attach to the buildings or interfere with the trees. The geometry of the rain screen mitigates this problem, and all supports tough down within the boundaries of the outdoor seating area. To tie into the existing aesthetic more angled white supports mimic the angle of trees.