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Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com. Annenberg PetSpace in California by Swatt | Miers ArchitectsAugust 13th, 2019 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: Swatt | Miers Architects Understanding the human-animal bond! Located in Playa Vista in California, Annenberg PetSpace ™ is unique. The Annenberg PetSpace is a technology-oriented community animal care facility featuring interactive spaces for pet adoptions, an education center, state of the art medical and physical therapy facility, and a leadership institute. The facility focuses on the mutually beneficial and dynamic bond between people and their pets, as well as the origins and science of that relationship. Complimenting these public adoption/education programs are carefully organized animal holding habitats designed to support both the physical and psychological needs of newly arrived animals as staff works with them to become well socialized and responsive companion animals. The 2-story LEED Platinum, 30,000 SF facility opened to the public in the summer of 2017.  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz
 Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz The contemporary, light-filled building is a fully operational animal adoption center and models best practices in the care of companion animals. Swatt Miers Architects worked with a great team, including Storyline Studio to design the entire guest experience, creating a one-of-a-kind meeting place for people and pets alike. The 30,000 sqft. PetSpace™ houses adoptable animals and facilitates their placement, educates the public on responsible adoption practices, and celebrates the human-animal bond. Visitors can connect with the PetSpace™ community in meaningful and collaborative ways using four unique interactive experiences.  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz Annenberg PetSpace is a pivot point for rescued dogs, cats and others to transition into new lives and a space to promote animal companionship. Human guests enter into a vaulted lobby, which includes two galleries and a gift shop. Up above on Wally’s Wall, a giant animatronic dog greets them as they proceed to the wall of interactive touch screens to learn about the animal guests. Upstairs, guests can also run on the human-sized hamster wheel while a giant cat toys with them from above. From Wally’s Wall, the space opens up into two turf play yards that provide an area for canine socialization.  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz In addition to indoor and outdoor play areas, human and animal guests meet in adoption rooms where skylights, interactive flat screens, and homey living room decor provide a cozy environment for them to get acquainted. Rooms for dogs also feature stainless-steel portholes so they can sniff their friends next door. Beyond the public areas, animal guests have many more amenities. This working hospital, therapy and recovery center serves traumatized animals and helps them heal through its surgery rooms, an x-ray room, a hydrotherapy treadmill, grooming rooms, relief rooms, isolation rooms, and a substantial food-prep area. Upstairs and down, temporary living spaces for animal guests are lit with natural light from rooftop skylights, and all dog rooms have epoxy-resin floors that slope to a flush drain and a spray-down system for easy cleaning.  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz As a LEED Platinum project, PetSpace uses many healthy building components, including low VOC paint, sealers and adhesives and FSC teak wood reclaimed from Indonesia. Substantial upgrades to the MEPF systems and the structural supports and framing were done to prepare the existing building for its new role. In addition, the entire building is smart. Touch screens control electrified viewing windows into surgery, grooming and physical therapy so that they can be switched from clear to frost when privacy is needed, and cameras throughout the space provide opportunities to stream the antics of the animal guests to people not able to meet them in person.  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz  Image Courtesy © Elon Schoenholz
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