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Senior Thesis: Final Project
Project
Pulosi is a non-profit organization that intends to re-design dog parks in New York City to provide a more organic experience for dogs, allowing them to connect with nature while still having dedicated quarters that allow them to lead the life that they were meant to. The concept stems from research into the numerous health risks that current dog parks may present to dogs (e.g. corneal abrasions). This will be accomplished by putting sustainable and social design ideas into action to shape our future.
Challenge
The primary focus for dog park designs is “ease of main- tenance” rather than a dogs health and well-being. Dogs lack the opportunity to determine whether they live in the suburbs or in an enclosed apartment. As humans, we have the ability to provide them with an effective substitute by ensuring tailored quarters that target their requirements. There are currently 600,000 dogs in NYC, and the city is only going to become denser. Dog parks are a perennial issue, and the demand for them will only continue to grow. At Pulosi, our designs focus primarily on the benefit of a dogs, as well as our designs to be sustainably led, which additionally, delivers a significant economic benefit to the city.
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Outcome
The project involved extensive research and analysis of the city’s current dog parks, with the goal of determining how we could improve them sustainably while ensuring that they were created specifically for dogs and their requirements. A 3D representation was created to illustrate how the parks would look. The project showed numerous beneficial financial outcomes, demonstrating how the new redesigned parks would cost the city less economically and allow it to benefit more sustainably, in more ways than one. Most importantly, it represented ways for dogs to thrive on their outings by supplying them with specialized play sets that provide them with all they require, from nature to space.
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