Planning and Designing an Animal Shelter “Ideal” for Animals

Abstract

The design of an animal shelter is often overlooked. The right plan and design can however decrease stress and increase adoption rates. In this Thesis multiple ways of enrichment, design and planning an animal shelter were researched and put together to form a basic layout and sketch of an animal shelter and its compartments. The focus was on reducing stress in animals by providing adequate structures and enrichment strategies that were proven to be effective in current research. The main basics of shelter design such as the temperature, the colors of the structures and the important parts of the shelter were researched to form a plan and design and visualize it with a planning software.