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Animal Shelter Design
I work for an architectural firm that is going to be starting a large project in Los Alamos, NM. Part of that project is the design and construction of the new county animal shelter.
Let me tell you I am totally estatic to be working on such a project. My team members know how I feel about critters so the animal shelter is going to be my own personal project. Yeah!!!! This will be the project of my career!
But neither my firm or our consultants have ever done work on an animal shelter. We are going in mid-January to interview the volunteers at the shelter for needs and requests.
I thought I would get a jump start though by asking you what you have found successful in the shelters that you volunteer at or work at.
From the ground up:
sizes of cages,
two sided cages,
dog exercise areas,
cat play rooms,
visitation rooms,
bathing facilities,
adoptions rooms
pick up and recieving areas
as well as
types of finishes that help in the clean up. Flooring, walls...etc. Is ceramic tile a good surface or is a sealed concrete floor better?
Even the flow of work would be helpful. How do the critters get from receiving to adoption?
What can we add that will make the critters more comfortable, healthier, happier. I don't want to build a puppy prison. I will avoid grey concrete block walls at all costs!!!!! COLOR, COLOR, COLOR!!!
I downloaded a bunch of information of the HSUS website on shelter design.
Yes, these are really general requests but I need to start somewhere!
Thank you!
Plus if you know of any resources, books etc that would be helpful to me!
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