Architects Compete to Design Cat Houses for New York's Stray and Feral Tabbies

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Architects Compete to Design Cat Houses for New York's Stray and Feral Tabbies

co adapative architecture /Public Domain . The 2011 Architects for Animals cat house winner. It could have been a cat fight but it wasn't. The winner of the second annual Architects for Animals competition to design a shelter for New York’s stray cats was a purrfect choice. Designed by a Brooklyn firm, Co Adaptive Architecture , the shiny yellow cat house, made out of recycled and donated materials, is a motel for stray and feral cats. Of which, it turns out, New York City has more than 10,000. The winning design , resembling a bright yellow garbage can, is also solar powered and topped with a green roof (of moss). It includes a pressure sensor, LED light, and a radio transmitter that lights up when occupied. It sends information to a base station that records the weight of the cat and the duration of its stay. Needless to say the cat house has to be located in a safe loca...

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My favorite idea of the moment. A competition to design cat houses for NYC's feral cats. [link]
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Architects design "smart houses" for stray & feral cats. [link] #RegenerativeHomes #sustainable #StephenBolling
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A home for stray NYC cats (There are 10k of them) [link]
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