What exactly is "pet friendly"?
In different public spaces,
When faced with multiple relationships and different needs,
How to increase "friendliness" and reduce "conflict"
To finally achieve "two-way friendliness",
It has become a topic worth exploring nowadays.
According to global market insights' latest estimates and forecasts, the global pet market will total $232.3 billion in 2020, with an average COMPOUND annual growth rate of 6.1% over the next seven years. Behind the expanding market share of pets shown in the report also represents the rapid growth of the population of pet owners, and the importance of pets occupying a place in people's lives.
"Kennel" hotel.
Therefore, in addition to the home space where pets and owners are alone, the concept of "pet friendliness" is gradually reflected in spaces with public attributes such as hotels, restaurants, and shopping malls. In the face of such a background, how to break through the formalization, more reasonably handle the relationship between pets and people in public space, the relationship between pets and pets, and finally achieve "two-way friendship" has become a topic worth exploring.
When pets are integrated into the family and become an important member of the family, many of them hope to have their company during the journey, and the first problem they face is "living" in addition to transportation. However, to achieve "pet-friendly" hotels, they need to face more problems, from architects, designers and hotel services, what kind of problems and how to solve them?
Dealing with dog-to-dog conflicts is the primary issue of the Kennel
Kennel
Qinhuangdao Aranya
Kennel, a pet-friendly hotel located in the Aranya community of Qinhuangdao. Zhang Jiajing, the architect of the project, said: "The biggest function of the kennel is not how well designed, but the fact that dogs are allowed to move in freely. ”
The exterior wall of the building is made of matte transparent polyurea waterproof coating, which can prevent the soaking of dog urine in addition to waterproofing.
Architectural designer Zhang Jiajing herself coincidentally adopted a Labrador dog named "Dumb Meng" 11 years ago. From the perspective of a dog owner, when facing this project, Zhang Jiajing proposed, "The first consideration is to take a group of dogs not to passively communicate as a starting point." Therefore, from the façade of the building, it can be seen that all 33 rooms have achieved independent access to avoid the "unexpected encounter" of dogs.
The guest room space is two floors, downstairs activities, upstairs bedroom, through the space division to adapt to a variety of family composition and human and dog mode.
The white fence set up by the staircase ensures safety.
"The most important thing is privacy because it's a hotel and not a playground." Returning to the nature of the hotel itself, Zhang Jiajing said that in fact, many times they also need privacy and solitude like people.
Service for dogs' birthdays
Regina Resorts
Karuizawa, Japan
In addition to the beautiful scenery nearby, the most popular point at Regina Resort in Karuizawa, Japan, is the service for dogs to travel and live with their owners. On the homepage of the official website, we can learn that before booking, we need to sign a "accommodation agreement with the pet dog", which describes the vaccination and accommodation requirements.
The Regina Resorts website introduces 9 basic designs for travelers about pet friendliness.
The resort rooms start from the ground floor, and a special Swedish waterproof flooring material "BOLON" has been selected to prevent people and dogs from slipping, and the wall panels are designed to prevent scratches and stains, while the wall sockets are installed at a higher place.
In the room, including a dog cage, dog urine mat, dog snacks, hair stickers, care products and refrigerators, microwave ovens, as well as odor-proof air purifiers and aromatherapy machines, every visitor can enjoy a comfortable time with the dog.
In addition to treatment such as floor, wall, etc. The resort also offers insurance services, dog walking routes, pet-related seminars, and even a birthday trip service for pets whose birthday is the month of stay, and can receive a no-added handmade birthday cake for the pet dog from the resort, as well as a souvenir photo taken and placed in the original photo frame as a gift.
Lead hooks with dog breed motifs have been installed throughout the building and guest rooms.
How do I choose a hotel for my pet?
If you want to take your pet with you, how do you choose a hotel? First of all, we can check "Pets allowed" from the options through the hotel reservation software to select the hotel, and please carefully understand the hotel and related accommodation conditions and the service fees that need to be increased before checking in.
Second, priority can be given to some of the top hotel brands, such as W Hotels, which began promoting the P.A.W (Pets Are Welcome) pet-friendly program in 2017. Rosewood Hotels and Mandarin Oriental are also known for being "pet friendly".
Dogs that reside at Rosewood London.
If you are abroad, there are also many websites, such as "BringFido", which includes more than 150,000 pet-friendly hotels, holiday homes and campsites in more than 100 countries around the world. Japan's "kyuzitsu-inubu" specifically integrates pet-friendly places in Japan to provide accommodation solutions for traveling with dogs.
Kimpton hotels in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
In recent years, many catering brands such as Xicha, Starbucks, Shake Shack, Manner Coffee and so on have launched pet-friendly themed stores, showing brand care while also optimizing the relationship between public spaces through design.
Located in Shenzhen, HEYTEA Pet-Friendly Theme Store originated from the rise of "its economy", UND Design Firm tried to implant a certain degree of humanistic care and social care in this commercial space. Designers characterize the space as: companion. The "companion" refers to the pet and the metaphor of the person.
Two movable rings are set next to the bench, which can be used as a pet leash ring or to place pet dishes, and on the chair surface, there are anti-trick cup slots for customers' drinks to guide pet lovers' behavior.
In addition to this, many restaurants and coffee shops also offer a unique menu belonging to mao children. However, the open dining space cannot avoid the composition of other personnel except for pet owners and pets themselves. How to effectively avoid conflicts is also the first problem that needs to be solved. Clear instructions and guidance, reasonable space division, and the output of civilized pet concepts are indispensable.
If the above design is still considered with "people" as the main factor, then the following is designed for them.
Pet hotel on the vineyard
Canine and Feline Hotel
Portugal
The Canine and Feline Hotel, designed by Raulino Silva Arquitecto Studio, is a pet hotel complex in Parada, Portugal, built on an ancient local vineyard. Foster care services and cat and dog entertainment facilities are available, including a beauty salon and pet pool.
Three pale white-grey buildings, connected by glass corridors, distinguish between spaces of different species and avoid conflict. The inner garden crosses the middle of the hallway, obscuring the dogs across the hallway from each other's view. All rooms have a view of the garden through large glass windows.
The floor is made of durable and easy-to-clean self-leveling epoxy, which is easy to clean and non-slip.
Unique architectural cat/kennel
Tent cat nest designed by Tracy A Stone Architect.
Designed by architects and designers in Los Angeles, the 11 one-of-a-kind cat beds raised funds for the local nonprofit FitxNation ( a non-profit stray cat neutering organization ) , which will eventually be sold through online auctions.
Morphosis/Xtech's Legs House is based on an imaginary prototype of a feline city dwelling, using Kebony wood, a sustainable alternative to Brazilian walnut, to create a vertical house while showing the connection between nature and home.
Some of them take the modular system as the design focus, build a cat nest that can not only meet the cat's play, but also meet the cat's rest, and from the material and other aspects, fully consider the cat's living habits.
HOK's modular system of design makes it a fun labyrinth in addition to the space where cats rest alone.
In addition to the cat's nest, the internationally acclaimed Architecture For Dogs is curated by renowned Japanese designer and MUJI Artistic Director Kenya Hara, bringing together world-class architects and designers, including Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma, Toyo Ito, Shosuke Fujimoto, Atelier Bow-Wow and Ma Iwamatsu. Each designer designs a different breed of dog.
Since the project was officially launched in 2011, a total of 16 works have been created, and drawings can be downloaded on the official website, realizing that no matter where you are, you can refer to the illustrations, photos or videos to build a dog house that belongs only to your dog.
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Under the rapid development of society, people's needs are increasing, and many diversified scenes and contexts have emerged, "pet friendly" is one of them, and how to think in both directions from a multi-faceted perspective may be something that everyone should learn.
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