Students design cat and dog houses for stray animals

University students, who want to draw attention to the shelter needs of animals with their social responsibility project titled “Together in Our Living Spaces: Let's Design Cat & Dog Houses Around Us!”, designed cat and dog houses.

Inspiring from the idea of how to improve the situation of cat and dog houses they see in their neighbourhood, university students made brand new designs. It is planned that the designs, which are made by considering the environmental conditions and the ergonomic conditions of cats and dogs, will be produced from materials that are suitable for the physical conditions of the context and will not harm the environment.

ENVIRONMENTALLY RESISTANT FOOD CONTAINERS DESIGNED

Providing information about the project process, Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Faculty of Fine Arts, Head of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Asst. Prof. Zerrin Funda Ürük said, “Replace the food containers that are damaged by external factors around our living spaces or the materials used as food bowls, with environmentally resistant and functional food containers. We wanted to make it easier for our friends to meet their food and beverage needs with its design and to draw attention to this in our living spaces.”

Asst. Prof. Zerrin Funda Ürük, Asst. Prof. Yaprak Özel, Res. Asst. Gökçe Uzgören, Res. Asst. Tuğçe Öztürk, Res. Asst. Merve Karadaban and Res. Asst. Eliz Mutlu were the executives of the project, in which students from the "Interior Architecture and Environmental Design" and "Interior Architecture" Departments took part.