Paws Medical and Therapy Center.

Abstract

Pet overpopulation has long been stressing the shelters and undermining the bonds between people and animals. At the same time, a lot of animal shelter landscapes are in fair or poor conditions due to little attention being paid during shelter design and daily maintenance. This thesis reviews literature of interrelationships between animals, humans and the environment, develops an animal shelter landscape concept, generates guidelines from case studies, and applies them into a landscape design for an animal shelter. The main purpose of this thesis is to explore new opportunities for landscape architecture, spread awareness of animal welfare issues, and reconnect animals with people in the animal shelter landscape. This thesis has been worked on with a goal to try to achieve the best possible Veterinary facility for companion animals. Best in terms of comfort, safety, and well-being of the animals. The quality of existing animal-oriented buildings is much below the quality of any human oriented building. The reason being nothing but negligence towards the environmental and sanitary conditions of such facilities. This project aims to rethink how the three core veterinary facilities are designed, keeping in mind the perspective of the end user.