Serenity Center-dogs for alzheimer care

Serenity Center

  -dogs for alzheimer care             

“Even when memory disappears, 

affection never forgets.”

This project proposes a temporary dog shelter located within a residential

neighborhood, designed to create a calm and supportive environment for animal care.

The building layout is organized around clearly defined circulation paths, ensuring

intuitive movement and preventing disorientation for users with Alzheimer's disease.

                                   Personalities

 

            The site is located in an in-between urban area that is predominantly inhabited by elderly residents.

The spatial program is structured around a café serving Alzheimer’s patients and their relatives, a clinical unit,three paddocks, two specialized areas for sensory dogs,a quarantine facility, a dedicated storage unit, as well asfree-roaming zones for dogs and controlled open-air circulation areas for dogs in quarantine.

                                                                                             
                                                      

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Gabion walls are employed to guide circulation without creating a sense of confinement, preventing the emergence of a prison-like atmosphere for Alzheimer’s patients while maintaining spatial orientation and control.

Additionally, the material palette is defined by the 

deliberate contrast between the whiteness

 of plastic surfaces and exposed concrete, emphasizing a clear material dialogue. 

Instead of conventional steel fencing, the boundaries of the dog paddocks are designed 

as concrete slats in order to soften the 

prison-like perception typically associated 

with enclosed animal facilities. 

The dogs are not kept in a 

small,enclosed zone.

They walk freely through the site, following their natural paths,then return to shaded,

comfortable pods when they need rest.

The selection of a sawtooth roof provides natural ventilation to improve air quality in the dog units, while simultaneously enabling controlled admission of natural daylight.

  

Primary access route defining the transition from the 

urban context into the site.

An unexpected courtyard opens after entering from

the high-rise building,creating a spatial surprise.

Controlled interaction zones between humans and

dogs, connected

Open and continuous area allowing dogs to move freely and independently.

Circulation routes leading to the cafe for Alzheimer's patients and relatives, with visual access to the entire site and direct connection to

the dog clinic.

Model Photos